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Archive for the 'Stand Up' Category

The Ken Dodd Happiness Show – St. George’s Hall, Bradford

Reviewer: Audrey Pointer The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Few people in show business enjoy a career as long and successful as Ken Dodd, who has been a comedian, singer and actor for at least five decades. Indeed, he said he was celebrating 57 years on the stage this year. His well known repertoire of props and comic concepts include [...]

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Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog – The Lowry, Salford

Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ One cannot deny the runaway success that is The Inbetweeners. Three successful series, a box office smashing movie and a possibly dubious US version, it seems everyone wants a piece of this home-grown comedy sensation. One of the best things to come out of the show is Greg Davies, who plays [...]

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Chris Addison The Time is now, Again Tour – Grand Opera House, York

Reviewer: Tony Oliver The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ Fresh from The Thick of It, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and his sell-out 2010 tour, Chris Addison, the man who put the ‘Chris Addison’ into, ‘I see Chris Addison is touring again,’ is touring again. He’s written a brand new show, The Time Is Now, Again [...]

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Ed Byrne : Crowd Pleaser – The Lowry, Salford

Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Crowd Pleaser – that’s one heck of a bold title, crying out for reviewers to prove Ed Byrne wrong, giving him one star ratings and any multitude of sarcastic comments. But the name shows confidence, a performer who knows his audience and knows what they will enjoy. In the hands of [...]

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Bill Bailey, Dandelion Mind (Gently Modified) – Grand Opera House, York

Reviewer: Laura Stimpson The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ Bill Bailey is one of Britain’s most popular comedians, best known for his live shows ‘Tinsel worm’, ‘Bewilderness’ and ‘Part Troll’, and his television work, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Black Books. Dandelion Mind (Gently Modified) is Bailey’s latest offering of his trademark random tangents, musical genius, and hilarious observational comedy. [...]

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Lee Nelson – Grand Opera House, York

Reviewer: Tony Oliver The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ Having taken the air waves by storm with his BBC 3 comedy show ‘Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show’ Lee Nelson, supported by his best mate Omelette embarks on a National tour which continues until 6th April 2012. The stage at the Grand Opera House is dimly lit with purple lights, a [...]

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Daniel Sloss: The Joker – The Lowry, Salford

Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ It is hard to ignore the age of Daniel Sloss – if only because he keeps remarking on it. Sloss is 21 years old and has the hairstyle of Justin Bieber and the face of Macaulay Culkin . This adds a degree of shock value to his most famous routine – [...]

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Andy Parsons, Gruntled – Curve, Leicester

Reviewer: Karen McCandless The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ The first indicator that this was not your typical Curve show was the massive queue at the bar both pre show and at the interval. Then there was the indie music blasting out of the speakers in the theatre before the show and at the interval. And then the loud and [...]

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