DARA O’BRIAIN
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Dara O'Briain is a consummate comedy pro. For the duration of his show. this genial lrish comic talks non- stop. pausing orin occasionally for an intake of breath. Winning over the
audience with his quick-
fire hum0ur. he effortlessly blends pre- planned material with off-the-cuff banter. From Roy Keane and the misfortune of his granny dying mid-World Cup (picture if you will a tricolour draped over her coffin emblazoned With the words ‘COme on the boys in greeni'i to a desperate plea to mothers not to involve complete strangers when disciplining their children. A great guy. A great night Out. (Helen Monaghan)
I Pleasance. 5:36 6:350.
until 26 Aug, 9.20pm. 29—8 70 (68—539).
ESTO NO ES GUAL DISNEI
Ole occasional laughs .0.
Exploding the myth behind the Spanish obsession With bull fighting is matador Pablito de Talavera. aka Pablo Munoz. He promises to reveal its seCrets to all those sensitive veggies and hippies Out there. but admits in his broken English: ‘lt's impossible
to explain, but it's true. This is no Walt Disney.‘ Combining elements of pantomime. clowning and Witty comic asides. Muno7 sends up this tradition. Man against beast. or in this case. mechanical beast. Muno/ sx'xishes his crimson cape to escape the bull's two pronged clutches. With occasional laugh out loud moments. it is Munoz who shines rather than the show's content. (Helen Monaghanl I Bongo Club. :358 7604, until 26 Aug Inot 2:3). 4pm, {‘6 (Y4).
CHRIS ADDISON Lukewarm evolutionary musings .0.
Giggling a little too much at his own JOKOS. Chris Addison actually confesses at one point that he's doing this for his own enjoyment. Despite the unexpectedly raucous recemlon he gets at the end. this admission does filter through to the audience who remain. to put it coldly. amused rather than ama/ed by his slickly— delivered material.
The Ape that Got Lucky. is a whistlestop tour through how we
got here. taking in everything from bitter DUI/y Mail readers to bitter. deaf women signing on TV. Not only is Chris Addison the thinnest man in comedy. his show is similarly threadbare. Only his poncey purple corduroy suit manages to hold it together by the end. lBrian Donaldsonl
I Plei’isance, 5356 65:30. until 26 Aug. 7. l:3pm. fig—flu (EB-5.19;.
MARC SALEM
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Now this guy is impressive. The final minutes will have you gasping in amazement as he plucks facts about members of the audience out of the air. While blint‘lfolded. Starting off as a semi- serious look at non- verbal comnfunication. Salem lets us in on some of the tncks that have helped h'n become a police and secret-semce consultant. Then things get \.'.'eirder as he seems to guess the uhgtiessable: t"is is pure polished VEuldU‘HHU. Tltere's no cussing here. jllfSi a slick <1error‘strahon of the power of the mind. wit.“ a few half decent gags tnrox-xn lll for good iiieasi.re. Henry Nortl‘more‘i I Assemb/i.’ Rooms. 226 2428, until 26 Aug. S).(l:3,')m, i‘lO—l‘l l rill-5‘ idi.
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