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The new "What Stand Up Have You Seen Lately?" thread

Started by Small Man Big Horse, July 16, 2016, 08:16:30 PM

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samadriel


This is the Becky Lucas gig I went to awhile back. I've been wanting to promote her on here a bit, so hope you like it. The story at the end, dear me.

Small Man Big Horse

Steve Parry: The Last Of The Famous International Amateurs at Bread and Roses, Clapham - I liked this but I'm not sure I'd recommend it, as even though most of it was fine there was the odd clunker of a joke, and two songs and a poem weren't anything to write home about. This was most interesting when he was talking about his life writing for tv shows like Gloria Hunniford and Night Fever, but less involving when he discusses his actual life. 2.75/5, but maybe 3/5 if you're in the mood to be forgiving.

itf

Nish Kumar - Nish Don't Kill My Vibe - mostly really liked this, lots of genuinely laugh out loud moments in his invective, and a good, amiable support from Amy Annette. Wish the two halves had been a bit more even, as the first half felt like it was over in an instant and the second half dragged by comparison. Where it worked least was the very final section where he was reading off his phone and being sincere, it felt stilted. But ultimately a fine evening of having opinions you mostly agree with shouted at you by a very funny man.

Tiggles

A bit later than I intended to write these but still.

Last Sunday I saw Lucy Beaumont at the Lowry, Salford. She's got a great eye for the ridiculous in the everyday and she tells the stories really well, although my enjoyment of this performance probably suffered from having heard a lot of this before on podcasts and TV shows. The bits that were new to me I mostly found really funny although I did find her PowerPoint bit about local news headlines dragged and it felt a bit like filler material. In some ways she reminded me of Peter Kay, albeit with a very rigid physical form on stage. With a set largely based around "we're quirky in Hull aren't we" type material, I think I was charmed more than tickled. I think I'd want to hear she was doing something very different before I saw her again.

In a completely different experience I saw Joz Norris headline at XS Malarkey this week. Joz did one of my favourite shows at Edinburgh this year (a WIP version of "You Wait. Time Passes") and he did a truncated version of it in Manchester. It's fair to say that some people at the show would've definitely enjoyed Lucy more than they enjoyed Joz. There's something exhilarating about the audacity of a performance like this. When he kicks off he knows exactly where he's going to go and it must feel quite strange seeing the antipathy in a few of the punters' eyes as he knows he's just going to get even weirder and they're going to hate it even more. Nevertheless it was absolutely brilliant and I loved everything about it.

Also a quick shout out to James Ellis, who delivered one of the funniest routines of the night (I think it's on his Instagram) and a great line about child labour. XS Malarkey is easily one of the best value comedy nights in Manchester and gets a consistently great lineup.

billyandthecloneasaurus

God when the bloody hell is j morpurgo gonna do a proper show again

itf

Quote from: Tiggles on October 20, 2024, 12:57:17 PMLast Sunday I saw Lucy Beaumont at the Lowry, Salford. She's got a great eye for the ridiculous in the everyday and she tells the stories really well, although my enjoyment of this performance probably suffered from having heard a lot of this before on podcasts and TV shows. The bits that were new to me I mostly found really funny although I did find her PowerPoint bit about local news headlines dragged and it felt a bit like filler material. In some ways she reminded me of Peter Kay, albeit with a very rigid physical form on stage. With a set largely based around "we're quirky in Hull aren't we" type material, I think I was charmed more than tickled. I think I'd want to hear she was doing something very different before I saw her again.

The PowerPoint bit (is it still a singalong?) was the point I parted ways with the show when she did it in the small room there. I think she could do a great show but this wasn't it.

itf

I don't know if specials count here or it's only live stand up, but blimey was the Rachel Bloom - Death Let Me Do My Special great - given that it starts off with a gross-out song, I didn't expect it to end up being as moving and compelling as it is. Stand up as a meditation on death. Loved it.

Tiggles

Quote from: itf on October 20, 2024, 04:06:00 PMThe PowerPoint bit (is it still a singalong?) was the point I parted ways with the show when she did it in the small room there. I think she could do a great show but this wasn't it.

It was the singalong bit and I died inside a little.

Small Man Big Horse

Quote from: itf on October 20, 2024, 04:09:39 PMI don't know if specials count here or it's only live stand up, but blimey was the Rachel Bloom - Death Let Me Do My Special great - given that it starts off with a gross-out song, I didn't expect it to end up being as moving and compelling as it is. Stand up as a meditation on death. Loved it.

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it, I'm a huge fan of hers and have been really looking forward to it, I'm just waiting until I'm in the right mood to watch it at home.

Small Man Big Horse

Quote from: samadriel on October 11, 2024, 07:11:27 PM

This is the Becky Lucas gig I went to awhile back. I've been wanting to promote her on here a bit, so hope you like it. The story at the end, dear me.

Thanks for the heads up about this, I wasn't initially won over during the first couple of minutes as I wasn't quite sure how I felt about the dark tone, but the
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"Are pitbulls time travellers?"
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bit really made me laugh and I was fully onboard for the rest of it.

imitationleather

I note Kate Cheka has got some dates at Soho Theatre in January. Never seen her live before but I've enjoyed her stuff on Instagram* so gonna give her a go. No one's recommended her to me so if it's crap this one is entirely on me.



*Social media platform

itf

Maisie Adam - Appraisal

I really enjoyed this one. No support, instead 20 minutes or so of crowd work which absolutely had the crowd on side for her coming back for the main set. Her main set had a few really good routines, and the way it tied together with a (fairly major spoiler follows)
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video from Danny Dyer
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was a good surprise. Nice little routine about being famous enough to be on Pointless, but also being a Pointless answer. I'd see her again.

itf

Pierre Novellie - Why are you laughing?

I think this is the most I've consistently laughed out loud in ages. I'd seen him as a support and there's full shows on YouTube that are worth checking out. Just consistent funny throughout, no crowd work. The stuff about autism and comedy is very funny, especially the conclusions he comes to about Mr Bean. Deserved more than a half full room, although admittedly this was an added show.

Small Man Big Horse

Marjolein Robertson (WIP) at The Bill Murray - A very early work in progress which leapt all over the place, and Robertson admitted herself that she always gets distracted in these things and doesn't do half of the material she'd planned. I've absolutely no complaints though, I really enjoyed visiting her slightly mad world, and this made me laugh a good deal. 4/5

Anirban Dasgupta: Polite Provocation at the Soho Theatre - Then I dashed over to the Soho Theatre to watch this, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect having only skimmed through Chortle's three star review. It did start off a little shakily too as Dasgupta tested the waters when it came to talking about the complexity of Indian politics, but about ten minutes in to the show he his stride and this was pretty superb for the rest of the hour. There was a slight dip when he switched to talking about his daughter towards the end, but he finished on a great story about why his parents were 51 when they gave birth to him which made me laugh a lot. 4.25/5