We had a very good night out last night – this week has been the very first Guernsey Festival of Comedy, and being regular watchers of shows like the Comedy Store and Live at Jongleurs we snapped up the opportunity to see a number of live acts locally for a change.
As expected, given the talent on show, it was a superb evening. The major headliner for us was Mitch Benn, who is consistently hilarious with his blend of musical comedy and fast-paced, often ranting satire, and he didn’t disappoint. Ronnie Edwards we’d also seen before and was very good, but in many ways it was the middle act, Lloyd Langford, who stole the show. We’d never seen (or heard of) him before but his set was really, really good – kind of laid back (difficult to be anything else with a Welsh accent I suppose) and disarming but with a really sharp wit and sense of timing underneath it. Great stuff.
The festival seems to have been well supported, with tickets quite hard to come by (hence why we went on a Thursday and not Friday or Saturday night, which sold out first), and has brought some great acts over – we missed Rob Deering at the Dog House earlier in the week due to other plans, which is a shame because he’s good too – so here’s hoping it comes back next year. It’s not quite the Edinburgh Fringe, but still great entertainment nonetheless, and it beats having to travel to London or Manchester to see great live comedy.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Wow, how coincidental!
This Tuesday was the first time I’ve ever been to a comedy club. My sister invited me and my missus up to the Manchester Comedy Store to see Jim Jeffries. He is offensive but very funny.
Anyway, at the same venue he got punched by a random a few months back, you can see it on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WCGKb8ikRc
Funny cos he started his act by saying he hoped no one had come to have a go because they knew he didnt fight back.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Wow, that sucks (the punching, not the coincidence). I’ve seen Jim Jeffries on TV and he’s very funny.
There’s loads of comics I’d love to see live (and we can tick Mitch Benn off our list now). Oddly enough two of them have the same surname: Bill Bailey (weird & british) and Ben Bailey (weird, deadpan and American). Dave Fulton is also superb.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Aye but I reckon the punching he got and the resulting extra media coverage is going to end up being worth while. Maybe he planned it?
Yeah Bill Bailey is excellant, he’s on telly loads these days (seen Black Books?). Ben was funny, not seen him before, and Dave Fulton looks pretty good two.
In’t YouTube brilliant? Save a Pound or two by just watching clips on there all day.
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