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Archive for the 'Stand Up Reviews 2005' Category

[Review] Rob Deering: Rob Deering – 12 Inch

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Armed with a boy’s toy of a guitar Rob Deering sings and smiles his way through a history of modern music. A capable musician, still lamenting his own failed rock career, Deering’s guitar is a vehicle and not a gimmick for his comedy.
His mockery of musicians great and small is brilliantly masked by a [...]

[Review] Craig

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Starting off many, many moons ago at The Stand, then local hairdresser, now comedian, Craig Hill can easily fill the larger theatres at the Assembly Rooms. He’s a known name in the central belt of Scotland, making regular appearances on the television, but no chances were taken that his name alone would put bums on [...]

[Review] Northern Youth Theatre: Not the Footlights

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Biting comment on everyday life and its institutions is winningly delivered by this young, talented foursome from the Manchester-based Northern Youth Theatre. Undertaking a vast array of characters this is a confident cast and more importantly a funny one. In quick succession they tackle Lidl supermarkets, football hooligans and Conservative myopia, delivering an [...]

[Review] The Lost and Lonely Rebels: The Lost and Lonely Rebels

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Dancing in the style of your dad at a wedding, comedians Jupp, Murphy and Ker take the stage to perform a series of sketches which veer away from tried-and-tested comedy staples. Expected punch-lines are cunningly replaced by unusual twists in a show which tests the comedic range and endurance of the performers, but pleasingly [...]