Helen Arney – Original Review
18/11/2008 … Sweetly bookish Helen Arney is one of the latest passengers to board comedy’s crowded geek train; exchanging bold swagger for a more whimsical, unashamedly educated,…
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Tue 18 November 2008
Brett Goldstein – Original Review
18/11/2008 … Though only a couple of years into the business, Brett Goldstein is a performance dynamo, with punchily amusing material to match.
Sat 01 November 2008
Simon Day: What A Fool Believes
01/11/2008 … ‘My wife persuaded me to do this tour,’ says Fast Show star Simon Day near the beginning of his first stand-up show not to rely on characters.
Eddie Izzard: Stripped
01/11/2008 … Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia proves something of a running theme in Eddie Izzard’s first West End show for 12 years.
Fri 31 October 2008
Alfie Moore – Original Review
31/10/2008 … Full-time policeman and part-time comic, Alfie Moore is more of an anecdotalist than a comedian, but his profession has provided him with more than enough raw material.
Ben Harland – Original Review
31/10/2008 … Newcomer Ben Harland's persona is of an awkward, nervously fey comedian ill at ease on stage.
James Christopher – Original Review
31/10/2008 … James Christopher is a likeably jolly chap, with a nice line in self-deprecation at his own geekish demeanour, even if he mines it to exhaustion.
Thu 30 October 2008
Hull Comedy Festival Comedian Of The Year 2008
30/10/2008 … Is comedy slipping back to its bad old ways? Another new act final, another all white-male line-up.