Thursday 16th (got to hotel about 3pm) to Sunday 19th (left hotel 11am).

I saw:

  • 5 Standup
  • 5 Multi Standup
  • 4 Sketch
  • 3 Play
  • 2 Cabaret
  • 2 Storytelling
  • 2 Other

The rating (1 to 7) is not the quality of act but the quality compared to my expectation (since for many I know what to expect), so 4 is 'as expected', which in most cases is fairly entertaining (expectation higher for famous acts).

Day Title Style Price Rating Comment
THURSDAY
Flo and Joan: Alive on Stage Cabaret £11 4****
Clay Nikiforuk: Fun to Be Around Storytelling £7 3*** Interesting detailed but scatty organisation
Matt Forde: Brexit Through the Gift Shop Standup £12 4****
Hot Gay Time Machine Cabaret £10 6****** Creative story telling, standing ovation
Oleg Denisov: Doublethink Standup £5 4**** Interesting insights from a Russian in UK
Diamond Comedy Club Multi Standup Free 2** Canadians, mostly drunk idiots
FRIDAY
The Delightful Sausage: Regeneration Game Sketch £5 5***** Creative sketch, lots of ideas
The EU Inspector Play £7 4**** 11 people in the cast!
Rory Bremner and Jan Ravens Multi Standup £20 4****
Kids Play Play £9 5*****
Hot Mess: Bezzie Mates Sketch £6 3*** Nothing outstanding. Recurrent sketch involving alien in a box
Bristol Revunions Present: Paraguay Sketch £9.50 4****
Gloria Hole Presents: The Clinic ? £7 4**** Weird format, problems from audience discussed by guests
Late Night Comedy Death Camp Multi Standup Free 3***
SATURDAY
Lou Sanders: Shame Pig Standup £5 5***** Well put together, 110 in audience including Nish Kumar
Croft & Pearce: Double Take Sketch £11 3*** Entertaining more than funny
Pickle Jar Play £11 5***** Drama with Maddie Rice of zazu
Dana Alexander: Shady With a Chance of Sunburn Standup Free 2** Shouty and not interested in audience
Luisa Omielan: Politics for Bitches Standup £15 4**** Much about the death of her mother
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre ? £12.50 4****
Not My Audience! The Stand-Up Showcase Multi Standup Free 3*** Standups joking about random topics
Comedy Queers Multi Standup Free 3*** Tiny room, one comic read poetry
SUNDAY
3000 Trees: The Death of Mr William MacRae Storytelling £10 2** Too historical, walked out