Stand Up Comedy

Lawrence Leung is a wonderfully effervescent and engaging performer and the clear highlight of our Fringe so far. His show “Lawrence Leung learns to breakdance” deals with his efforts to be as cool as his older brother, thus confirming the theory that all comics would kinda like to be rock stars (and vice versa). Of...Continue reading

The journey from parking the car to the venue was very enjoyable this evening, along the Torrens river for a stretch where art was afoot aboard a junk style boat. Sitting on the bank of the river we watched as visuals were projected onto the sails of the boat and a variety of sounds wafted...Continue reading

A change of pace today – well, it is the weekend – with a visit to a show in a more standard comedy club style format rather than the hour long solo shows we are mostly seeing. The big draw on the advertised bill Tom Stade turned out to be compering, meaning that we got...Continue reading

On the recommendation of UK comic Gordern Southern, last night we saw Aussie act Justin Hamilton perform what is the first of an ambitious trilogy of shows, (named in gentle parody of the classic French film trilogy). We couldn’t resist seeing a comedy show with such ambition evident in its structure and we weren’t disappointed....Continue reading

Last night we kicked off our attendance of the Adelaide Fringe with a spur of the moment visit to see Mike Sheer at pub (hotel) venue in the city centre. What attracted us to the show was the chance to see someone I didn’t yet know of (its always good to take a flying chance...Continue reading

Surely the best comic ever to come out of Birmingham (ok Solihull) is performing two shows at Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock Theatre on Wednesday 20th (the early show is already sold out but tickets are available for late one if youre quick – 0121 200 0946). Lee’s laconic delivery and brilliant mind have made him...Continue reading

Following a sell out show in December featuring Reginald D Hunter, I’ve booked another full show at central Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock Theatre on January 30th. Those attending have got full hour shows from two more great comics to enjoy. Jason Cook’s show is something I’ve already covered in some detail on this blog having...Continue reading

Following the success of the Edinburgh Preview shows that I booked at the Old Joint Stock Theatre back in July, we have some monthly shows coming up at the same venue – a beautiful little theatre in Birmingham City Centre. If you fancy some great stand up comedy in the run up to Xmas, then...Continue reading

As regular readers of this blog will know, The Old Joint Stock Theatre is a beautiful little 60 or 80 seater theatre (depending on the floor layout) set above one of the city’s most ornate pubs in the fine setting of Temple Row West, opposite the main door of Birmingham Cathedral. It has already brought...Continue reading

Our last day at the Fest saw we saw only three shows having narrowly missed out on comps to see Stewart Lee, but boy were they quality. Jason Cook is a young Geordie based in Manchester where he is managed by my friend Lee of Gag Reflex comedy mangement and one half of the amusing...Continue reading