Simon Amstell in Montreal
27/07/2009 … Like many comedians, Simon Amstell uses stand-up to conquer social inadequacies: somehow feeling more comfortable sharing intimacies with a roomful of strangers,…
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Mon 27 July 2009
Sun 26 July 2009
Carlsberg Comedy Carnival 2009, Day 3
26/07/2009 … Day three brought 16 comics in four shows over nine hours, so forgive me for rattling through brief reviews of each:Show One: Young, Gifted and GreenJohn Colleary:…
Sat 25 July 2009
Tommy Tiernan: Eh at Montreal 2009
25/07/2009 … Tommy Tiernan has very firm ideas about a lot of things, not least of which is stand-up itself.
The Sketch Show, Montreal 2009
25/07/2009 … The Anglophone half of Just For Laughs has long been dominated by stand-up, but this show – part of the fringe Zoofest and presented by the acclaimed Upright…
Carlsberg Comedy Carnival 2009, Day 2
25/07/2009 … Day two began with cancellations as Jason Manford stayed home with his pregnant wife and Hans Teeuwen pulled out due to illness.
Fri 24 July 2009
Nikki Payne: My Big Fat Donated Kidney
24/07/2009 … Some comics are so desperate for fame, it seems they’d give a major organ for a decent show.
Carlsberg Comedy Carnival 2009, Day 1
24/07/2009 … Only in Ireland could a comedy festival open on the day the government made blasphemy illegal.
Thu 23 July 2009
Bubbling With Laughter, Montreal July 23, 2009
23/07/2009 … For the first half of the show, at least, this underattended Bubbling With Laughter had very little fizz.