David Whitney at The Pipeline
04/11/2009 … Posh-accented David Whitney’s delivery is an actorly, hectoring style with every key syllable carefully emphasised.
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Wed 04 November 2009
Rachel Anderson at The Pipeline
04/11/2009 … Rachel Anderson has a thoroughly engaging North-East charm to her, with an unaffected friendliness and naturally warm stage composure that means the audience want…
Magus Betner plus supports
04/11/2009 … ‘Anyone in from London?’ asks compere Kate Smurthwaite, to a small cheer.
Mon 26 October 2009
Tim Minchin: Ready For This? on tour
26/10/2009 … Until his appearance on Jonathan Ross’s show on Friday, Tim Minchin didn’t have much in the way of mainstream exposure.
American: The Bill Hicks Story
26/10/2009 … Bill Hicks was a patriot, claims American, someone whose tragically foreshortened life encapsulated the ideal of freedom of speech and the need to hold authority…
Sun 25 October 2009
Not The Messiah...
25/10/2009 … Unless you’ve been living under a rock – or a giant renaissance-art foot – you will probably be aware that this is Monty Python’s 40th anniversary.
Fri 23 October 2009
Pablo Francisco
23/10/2009 … Early in his set, hyperactive Chilean-American comic Pablo Francisco does a typically spirited routine faithfully recreating the riffs of bands such as Metallica…
Thu 22 October 2009
Duncan Oakley's Favourite Things at the Manchester Comedy Festival
22/10/2009 … He’s a rock musician, who talks a lot about sex and uses the most offensive four-letter words with abandon.