Gig Review 1st December 2009

LongLiveComedy@ the dog and parrot 1st of December 2009

Another busy night at the dog and parrot saw Dan Willis take back his mantle as the regular Emcee for the night. You may have thought the theme of the night was animals from the comic’s sets, but this was just another one of many longlivecomedy coincidences. Nice to see a guy dressed as a zebra on the front row, I wonder if his Gran knitted him that garment.

So onto the acts, Peter Brush was first up with a Woody Allen like appearance. Throwing a few snappy one liners out there to the baiting crowd. He had a very dry self depreciating humour which seemed to work well with his persona. Next up was James Maynard who talked about older women the sexuality of cats and the snake that ate itself, quite confident for only his fourth ever gig.

After the first break We had longlivecomedy regular Michael Shields, who is always the creative artist trying out new things, no props this week he’s waiting for Christmas. He talked about his literal and non literal love of animals. Next up Dickie Gardner, a long serving dog and parrot regular who only gets better. Looking very like a cross between MacGyver and some guy out of twilight he is science apparently! He not anti anti religion that’s for sure and he does wonder if Moses was actually quite camp.

So after the final break we had the headlining act of the once local now London living Gary Colman (no not the American one) who’s currently touring his “Gary Colman is very rarely rong” show. He talked about being a have a go hero in Hackney, Dolphins, the sexuality of animals and what to do if you’re ever faced with a grizzly bear Canada style!

Gig Review 24th November 2009

LongLiveComedy@ the dog and parrot 24th of November 2009

Last week’s gig review

Well it was a packed night at the Dog and Parrot tonight you even had to queue for drinks! The notepad with comments on went missing this week so I will recap what I can from memory!

This week John Smith was comparing and did his hardest to aggravate the audience, especially the front row. His aggressive and nonchalant style was raising a few eyebrows, but he did well for a last minute thing. Dan Willis took a rest from Comparing and did a nice quick set, Paul Gerrard rattled through his set as usual with the fastest gag rate since Tim Vine. Sharon Race managed to fend off a heckler with great Style and Alan Fletcher was back after a long break and showed how much he's improved from his very first gigs which were also at the D+P.

Lee Kyle did well to make himself heard despite the problems with the mike.
Jared had a load of friends at the gig and they loved his stuff, his Ariel presence was strong indeed. Matt Pottinger couldn't use the broken mike so he just shouted his set which for his 2nd gig showed a lot of promise. Finally Nick Cranston closed the night with his usual foul offensive but amusing level of self depreciation. Yet again pointing out that no one understands women, not even women. More detailed gigs again when I find my notepad!

November 17th

LongLiveComedy@ the dog and parrot 17th of November 2009

A relatively busy night at the dog and parrot tonight as people are already looking towards the Christmas holidays, sadists but people all the same. Dan Willis was comparing again tonight and managed to whip the crowd in to a relative frenzy on occasion, while he discovered that schools no longer have nit nurses, so watch your hair people.

First up was Khan Johnson commenting on the economy this side and the other side of the Atlantic. His aggressive pace was quite captivating as he pointed out the problems with the star wars series of films and his disgust at the new pooh bear stories. Next up was Tony Basnett with a tight set, he’s from Hartlepool you know and is anti talk talk and points out the perils of playing fuck you roulette.
After the break Faye Burnell, who has a confident swagger even if she is lost when it comes to talking with strangers. Pondering what it is like to be royalty and contemplating which career path to pursue in the current economical crisis. Next up Dave Dynamite the veteran cockney nutter who is a true pro on the comedy circuit and had a great set, Dave too used to live in Hartlepool though only god knows why. Chris Errington next who likes to play bury your dad in the sand, is confused between fiction and reality and told us the worst things you could ever say to a taxi driver.

After the final break was Joe McLachlan who just so happened to be sat next to another Joe McLaughlin who he didn’t know, highlighting the weirdly randomness of the club. He gets shouted at, but not he’s a giant or anything. Joe talked about man-ly ice crèmes and hells angels and took pictures because he was forced to! The penultimate act of the night was Andrew Bremner who did quite well for a new comedian on the scene and he’s still only out of college playing only his second ever gig. Traffic cones and pandas were his main subjects as he questioned his own confusion. Last up was Dog and Parrot regular Carlos, who Dan commented “you’ll have never seen anyone like this before”. He thought Adam was a priest to confess his sins to and talked about his quiet disturbing recent miss haps, his ceiling fell in on his bed luckily he was on the internet at the time. Can men and women just be friends? And what do you buy a girl who has everything, for Christmas? He’s been talking to tramps and warns us to beware of bathroom mints! Watch out Peter Sutcliffe there’s someone new in town.