Well - that was a play, so hopefully his stand up is better.

I might see Noel Fiedling in Brighton in October. We like Noel.

Whahey I've been to "Happy Mondays" in the past. We used to live in New Cross and thought the Amersham Arms was a great unknown comedy venue. Saw Richard Herring, Daniel Kitson and Stew there in the last year. Was Mark Watson the compere? I thought he was absolutely incredible. Very very funny man.

C

if mark watson was the 'welsh' guy, then yup. he did a 50 min preview / try out of his edinburgh show. it was pretty funny, a good little show.

it was a really nice little place. my mate ( mr meals, he's popped up here once or twice ) sometimes covers for the dj and has been telling me about it for ages but yesterday was the first time i bothered going - mainly because i was curious to see adam buxton. and now that i want to go again, its not going to be on again until the end of september...

Yup that's the guy. I loved him. He's done some good stuff when I've seen him. He was heckled by a "local Bruiser" a while ago and was incredibly competent and very funny when dealing with him. He did a 24 hour show at Edinburgh, very good too.

How was Adam Buxton. I used to love Adam & Joe - DVD's quality too

C

He was of a high-ish standard and supported by the excellent Ben Traynor as Stephen Challis.

2 hours of Kitson was as good as that sounds.

And I learnt that on the day of the first London bombings he was in a Cardiff hotel room having a wank over the new Charlotte Church video.

That's a mental image I didn't need.

awww. Kitson was great. I passed on the offer to see Rob Newman toight due to tiredness. Now my housemate just came back with a signed copy of his dvd and im all jealous.

List of Live Comedy Tours for this Autumn

Include:
Chris Addison
Jo Brand
Jimmy Carr
Ben Elton
Lee Evans
League Of Gentlemen
Little Britain
Patrick McGuiness
Al Murray
Ross Noble
Ardal O'Hanlon
Sue Perkins
Joan Rivers
Dave Spikey

The only one I'd pay money to see is Noble, and possibly Chris Addison.

I've got tickets for the League of Gentlemen at the Hammersmith Odeon on December 3rd. I enjoyed them at the Drury Lane show, but thought the third television series was pretty mediocre. I hope this show is better.

I've successfully blocked the film from my mind.

Addison good, Noble overrated:

'ooh look, i'm a crazy Geordie like, look at my eyes made of cress'

When I went to see him in he had his wife in the audience as the world's most obvious plant.

If your wife wants to watch you perform that's fine, but don't pretend you don't know her and that she's inspired some random piece of (scripted) adlibbing.

In your ear, you pube-headed faux surrealist.

She was sat cross legged on a piece of staging next to the stage. She would never have been allowed to sit there if she wasn't his wife (that was the first giveaway, that and the fact she was his wife) he started 'wondering' whether the people at the back might not be able to see this piece of staging and so think this perfect stranger he'd never seen before, was floating - like a genie.

Oooh she'd be floating around and we could tie yogurt pots filled with nuts to her and she could circulate them around the room.

On he went for about ten minutes.

And, and... yeah... she could like, serve jam from a tiny spout on her head, operated by tiny gerbil genies with feathers instead of shoulders, and then the Queen would come in and start handing round Toffee Crisp bars, because they're really funny like, all crispy.

Whilst I don't mind Ross Noble, I have to agree that he goes on for way to long about nothing. That thing about Hari Krishnas he did on one of his tours, what the hell was that about? He built it up as if something really funny was gonna happen but then he just kept going on and on until I just didn't acre anymore.

Valid points made about Noble, but you don't understand - you weren't there at the beginning.

Winkie.

Haven't actually seen him since 2003, but he was still very amusing at that point.

Yeah, I was going to say that this wasn't the most exciting or innovated list of comedians.



I hear that this is going to be a panto.

Yes, of sorts. It's called 'The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You'.

You can bid on signed promos of Ross Noble's new DVD on ebay. The money goes to charity. If you think he's shit why not buy one ...and then leave negative feedback clearly stating your grievances with his monkey/tramp based ramblings?

Ooh, Mystery Machine's suggestion has confounded me with guilt. How can I not like the red-cheeked, baggy t-shirt sporting, tiny-legged mock-surrealist when he gives so generously to the needy.

I give ten pound a month to Shelter.

Suck on that Noble.

Mmmm feel the love.

I'm seeing The League of Gentlemen live in November. Front row seats, hell yeah!

I'm going to see some live comedy next Saturday at the local monthly Comedy Club. The scheduled acts are Raymond Mearns (MC), Duncan Oakley, Susan Murray and Jason Manford, of whom I've heard of none. But that's the great thing about the Comedy Club in Lynn, the majority of them are far from being household names, although most of the headlining acts have often been excellent, and in some cases established acts, including Junior Simpson, Andy Parsons, and Steve Walker (son of Roy 'Catchphrase' Walker), all of whom have been especially funny. For £8 it's pretty damn good value: you get two hours of comedy - one MC and three main acts, plus the added reasonable expense of a few rounds of drinks - not a bad night all round.

Noel Fielding - this Saturday! Hope there's some new material.

Ooooooh jealous I am.

Is he playing at SoHoHo? Saw him there a few months ago [maybe you did too]. Some of it inspired...some if it truly surreal...some of it truly awful. I really love Noel but his stand up at least, is hit and miss IMHO. Ian Stone was on the same bill and was much better. Perhaps because Stone is an accomplished stand up, he seems to have a great on stage persona and "natural" relaxed relationship with his audience. Noel occasionally seems to veer off in such a strange direction that he fails to carry the audience - Yes i know his tangents are part of the act, but if he fails to connect then it's not a great success. May try for on the door entry if it's in London.

Chris

Yeah, it's Soho-ho again. I've seen him 3 or 4 times there. I agree Chris - I think the Boosh is great, and Noel is a very charismatic performer, but sometimes you think 'okay, stop there, the joke's gone on long enough'. But he carries it off most of the time. There won't be much of a problem with the audience keeping up though - this Saturday sold out two weeks ago - mainly to Boosh forum members, and they laugh at him blinking most of the time. You could try for the door, but be prepared for dissapointment.

Otherwise, he has 6 or so gigs within the next few months elsewhere, including Brixton and Brighton. I can give you more specific dates and places if you're interested.

On returning to Nottingham I went straight to 'Just the Tonic' because the fabulous Daniel Kitson was compering. He was (as always) pure comedy genius, I nearly had a little wee he was so funny. The acts included Rob Rouse, who wasn't hysterical but was so sweet and enjoyable to watch he got away with it, and Phil Nichol who was original, daring, smart and downright funny. And he got his cock out.

It overran ridiculously meaning we didn't leave till about half twelve, but it was such a good night I didn't care (tired as I was).

I like Manford, he's good if you like that sort of thing, which I do. Recently missed out on the Perrier award. Shame that. How was it Ade?

Ipsidge and I are seeing this tonight:

The Children's Society presents Stand Up for Runaways
Jongleurs, Camden

Featuring:

Ninia Benjamin
Marcus Brigstocke
Jo Caulfield
Stewart Lee
Lee Mack
Rob Rouse

Super!

Hannah and I are going to that too....probably! We're big fans of Stewart Lee.

C

Nice one. Stewart Lee was the big draw for me on that line-up too.

It'll be good to see Brigstocke and Mack too.

Do you not have tickets, then? It seemed to be selling rather well last week...

Yeah we do have tickets. Bought them last week. Han's not feeling too well so if we end up not going, we'll give our tickets to our friends. Stew's always the draw. Saw Brigstocke at a radio recording a few weeks ago. He was the warm up man before guesting on the show. Quite a funny guy.

C

I went to a live do at the Dickens Inn in Middlesbrough last night. Cat remember the names, big bloke was the main guy and the rest were in the Gong round

As I said in the Weekend thread I went to see Lee Evans and whilst I had a good time, he wasn't as funny as he has been in other shows he's done.

I'm going to see Scott Capurro supported by Craig Campbell in a couple of weeks - either of them any good?

I am Jacks green-eyed envy.

Demetri Martin is going to be playing the Soho Theatre mid November, I might see if i can get tickets. I've seen a couple of his shows on TV and he looks pretty good

So Chris - did you end up going last night? I thought I saw you and Hannah (based on extremely vague memories of your photos - and actually, the woman was quite similar looking), and Ipse even went over to ask this chap, but alas, it wasn't you! It was fun seeing them look rather confused though!

As for the show - it was very good:

Rob Rouse - energetic and likeable, with a rather entertaining set.

Ninia Benjamin - Crude and sex-obsessed, but amusing at times.

Marcus Brigstocke - I liked him already from TV - especially 'We Are History', and his stand-up set was political, satirical and very funny.

Jo Caulfield - her traditional female-centric set was fun, but mostly designed for 40+ year old middle-class women.

Stewart Lee - Genius! His set was like a scientific experiment into how to do stand-up - not everyone's cup of tea, but I've always loved his sarcastic manner, and his material was satirical and brilliant

Lee Mack - I've always found him a strange hybrid of old-style northern comedy and quick-witted 'alternative' material, so he was good act but didn't push any boundaries.

JJJ [Adam],

No we didn't go in the end, we were very close to going but Han wasn't feeling up to it so about 6 O'clock we gave our tickets to our friends Kat and Gareth. Sounds like it was good, particularly your description of Stew's slot. I always love it when he does that sort of thing...dismantles jokes, routines and the very 'act' of stand up whilst he's doing it. Sean Lock [my other favourite stand up] has done similar things. It's having the presence and confidence to do it that i like...and impresses me. Even if it wasn't a dismantling as such, it sounds like the kind of set i'd like...well Stewart Lee was doing it, so it's a good start!! I'm sorry i missed it. AND sorry i didn't meet you and Ipse. Would have been nice to finally meet [i've never met anyone from Spaced Out despite living in London, posting here for years, going to gigs, comedy etc - i think i even went to a stand up gig in New Cross the same night Pots was there but didn't meet him] And I'm pretty sure you and I have been at the same Noel Fielding gig. [|Edit] That's Hannah on the left in my avatar!

It gave me time to work on some writing...cos [i've not told anyone on the forum yet, and i'm pretty sure this is the wrong place] i have a "lunch meeting" with my co-writer and a producer/Head of comedy from a well known Production company in Soho today. I'm very excited. We've written a comedy and today we have our first [and who knows, maybe last but i hope not] meeting to discuss and hopefully develop it!!!!! I'm rather excited...too excited for a 33 year old adult. Lunch is on "the Company too"....*must not get incoherently drunk*

C

Ah, shame you couldn't make it, but sounds like you had a productive time anyway.

Your project sounds interesting - very best of luck with your meeting today. And yeah - go easy on the booze! You don't want it turning out like Seth Cohen's infamous comic meeting.

And maybe we'll meet someday soon anyway - we seem to move in some of the same comic circles.

im off to see little britan in plymouth on the 4th of november

yeah me

im interested coz I tried reserving then and the guy told me the tickets had gone two weeks back so went down ....ive told this story on another thread somewhere anyway im interested I know about brighton and hes playing sohoho later this month but not details thanks

im going ot see Lee Evans on the 9th of december

I missed Noble to (in Melbourne), because friends wouldn't organise themselves!

Would you ever go to a comedy gig by yourself? Would that be weird... I watch TV by myself...

I went to that gig as well! Very much enjoyed the evening, plus we won paintball passes in the charity raffle! Agree that Stewart Lee and Marcus Brigstocke were the best acts, but it was generally entertaining throughout.