Toby Whithouse – Original Review
24/08/2007 … As a newcomer to stand-up, Toby Whithouse has a noticeable lack of ambition to his set, from the very moment he takes to the stage and tells us, as so many acts…
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Fri 24 August 2007
Thu 23 August 2007
Daniel Rigby – Original Review
23/08/2007 … Newbie Daniel Rigby has the air of a man trying to make a serious point, but forever allowing his mind to wander on to other, more surreal things.
Gar Murran – Original Review
23/08/2007 … Dubliner Gar Murran is perhaps still too new to know better, but he bases much of his set in the over-familiar world of daytime TV or how men always perform too…
Mon 13 August 2007
Andy Vaughan – Original Review
13/08/2007 … Glaswegian newcomer Andy Vaughan can command a room with his presence, hitting the ground running with a sharp tongue-in-cheek joke about thieving scallies.
Kerry Howard – Original Review
13/08/2007 … Rookie Kerry Howard starts strongly with a couple of quick knob gags, but it soon becomes clear that’s all she has.
Prince Abdi – Original Review
13/08/2007 … Relative newcomer Prince Abdi claims to be the only Somalian comic working in the UK, even if he brilliantly punctures his own unique-selling-point so as to fit…
Ed Patrick – Original Review
13/08/2007 … Newbie Ed Patrick doesn't start his set that well, with a predicatble Rohypnol gag – but it soon emerges this is simply an appetiser for a much stronger joke.
Wed 01 August 2007
Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds: The One Man Rock Opera
01/08/2007 … In a festival littered with try-hard wackiness and contrived eccentricity, it is an utter delight to witness a treasure such as this: Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds is…