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I came to the conclusion after Pablo Francisco’s show that his style either really appeals or it doesn’t. For me, it doesn’t. That’s not to say the room wasn’t filled with uproarious laughter and there was a long queue for his DVD signing after the show. The Chilean American seems to have a cult following but he can hardly be mistaken for funny. In fact, I felt dismayed throughout. His seventy minutes were far too frenetic and exhausting for someone like me who prefers more intelligent, less rumbustious comedy.
There’s no …
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Jamie Kilstein kills. His show There’s No God and That’s OK is the kind you walk away from feeling a sense of euphoria.
Kilstein dissects the racism, sexism and homophobia prevalent in today’s society and tackles religion, politics and war; big, unfunny issues with unrelenting ease, somehow still providing a laugh a minute. My festival favourite so far, the New Yorker blew me out of the water, possessing an open mindedness and pragmatism I only aspire to have, a knack for making his audience take offence, not at him but at …
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Nik Coppin has one of the biggest hearts I’ve ever met. I’ve been to his shows before and he continues to be one of the liveliest and warmest performers I’ve seen take the stage.
The show’s title Loquacious, meaning ‘talkative’, suits the British comedian perfectly. Coppin is a natural conversationalist and his show involves a great deal of audience interaction and banter as well as tidbits about himself, animals and superheroes, sports teams and class systems, places and politicians – a melange of informative insights, observational comedy and personal experience.
He has …
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Sarah Millican looks like a sweet lady you might share your office cubicle with. But she’s not. A quote on her flyer from the Metro (UK) calls her ‘wonderfully wrong’ and they’d be about right. This Geordie comedian starts her show by sharing her disdain for children, calling herself ‘a bit of a cow’, and rubbing and referring to her food-baby stomach as her cake shelf. Millican spends sixty minutes talking about breaking up, sex and other tidbits – and telling many glum- and glee-filled stories derived from her own …
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