For the past three or so years I’ve slowly been turning away from music to find solace in comedy instead and this has been echoed in my choice of entertainment of an evening. Gone are the punk rock gigs that I used to attend, replaced by comedians of various genres and sizes. In fact, before […]

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I’ve laughed until I’ve cried and laughed so hard I’ve struggled to catch breath but never have I laughed until it actually hurt. At least, not until tonight.
It was a bit of a weird one tonight mainly due to the lack of an audience, which I find most strange as I’m pretty sure that the […]

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Either Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt are having a mid-career crisis and can’t decide which direction they want to take their comedy or they’ve simply become lazy. Their latest show just left me thinking, “sure it’s theatre, but is it comedy?”.
So for the record I saw this tour at its smallest venue, the Harrogate Theatre, […]

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Well it’s been a night of firsts for me tonight. It was the first time I’d gone to the House of Fun on my own and all was well and good with that. It was also the first time I’d seen either comedian live and all was well and good with that too. Also, it […]

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Ah, my first comedy show of the autumn season and also the first show of Russell Howard’s Dingledodies tour. It certainly had its perks but also its downsides too. Let’s start at the beginning.

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