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Alan Carr - Spexy Beast

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NIA, Birmingham

I wouldn't have gone to see Alan Carr ordinarily, but it was Vick's birthday and she likes him. I managed to get some tickets for the hospitality boxes, which was a steal because it was cheap, but we had our own balcony and bar. This made it a little more special than it would have been ordinarily.

His act was good. I'm struggling to remember any of the jokes, but he made a laugh for a couple of hours which was the main thing. A lot of it was observational with not as much smut as you would expect, although some crept in. I would have been disappointed if it hadn't.

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Posted October 3, 2011
 

Dom Joly

Yes, that's me and I'm ashamed....

Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

Trigger Happy TV always made me laugh, so we took to chance to see it's creator and recent 'I'm A Celebrity' contestant Dom Joly. Unfortunately, despite the viewership of said reality programme not many had turned out to see him which I thought was a shame.

I have to admit that I was expecting more comedy from him. It turned out to be an abridged story of his life, how he went to the same school as Osama Bin Laden (yes, really) and how Trigger Happy came about. This was all interspersed with clips and cameo appearances from some of the Trigger Happy 'characters'. It felt a little disjointed and you could tell that he was trying to find his feet in the early days of his tour (this is ironic, because one of his feet was in a cast after he bust it on Celebrity Total Wipeout).

Overall it was a very enjoyable evening if not side splitting, but I'm not sure we'll see him do it again.

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Posted May 11, 2011
 

Stewart Lee

Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

I went along with a few mates to see Stewart Lee and became a fan. I wasn't sure about him before hand but his surreal, anti Conservative, anti religion dry humour hit a note with me which I really enjoyed. The whole thing was very cleverly written, based around a story about his granddad. Every joke was linked into it and some were very lengthy dialogues.

Overall, highly recommended.

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Posted October 15, 2010
 

Stephen K. Amos - The Feelgood Factor

Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

We'de really enjoyed him last time around so we decided to see him again. However, he'd managed an 'upgrade' from a year ago, filling the Civic Hall rather than the smaller Wulfrun. This is a sure sign that someone is very much on the way up.

His act was just as polished and kept everyone entertained. He enjoys picking n the audience and so he made a joke of a couple of people in the nicest possible way. My wife attempted to heckle him again as she did last time, so I just tried to keep my head down. It was a very enjoyable gig that cheered me up.

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Posted December 3, 2009
 

Rob Brydon

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Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

I'd really been looking forward to this and I was not disapointed. We had seats near the front which made the difference and thankfully he decided to pick on a young lad who had gone with his mum and dad.

Brydon was very funny, extremely quick whited and showed everyone his versatility as an actor and a comedian. He's the sort of person you could listen to all night and I'd definitely go and see him again. You haven't heard anything until you've heard his little man in a box!

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Posted September 25, 2009