Geoff Boyz at Headliners, Chiswick
15/06/2009 … No one would describe veteran Scottish stand-up Geoff Boyz as a comic visionary, as his years in the ‘nuggets and nob gags’ party clubs have taught him to play…
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Mon 15 June 2009
Tue 09 June 2009
Jason Patterson at the Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year final 2009
09/06/2009 … Delivery is Jason Patterson’s strong suit, effortlessly drawing the audience in with his opening anecdote – only to blemish it with a tired pull-back-and-reveal…
Lady Garden at the Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
09/06/2009 … Lady Garden are a hugely accomplished – and much-acclaimed – sketch group.
Joe Lycett at the Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
09/06/2009 … Joe Lycett takes a couple of minutes to establish himself.
Fergus Craig at the Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
09/06/2009 … Fergus Craig was formerly half of the double-act Colin and Fergus – and that sketch background has given him a slightly theatrical style – a sort of formalised…
Andrew Ryan at the Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
09/06/2009 … Irishman Andrew Ryan starts with that most tried-and-tested comedy staple: telling us which celebrity he resembles.
Helm & Taylor at the Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
09/06/2009 … There’s nothing restrained about Helm and Taylor – a full-on act of shouty banter, myriad props, amazingly laboured puns and exaggerated reactions.
Alex Maple at the Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
09/06/2009 … Alex Maple is a strange fish, opening with some Jimmy Carr-style one-liners that are hit and miss, though do occasionally find a solid laugh.