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PATRICK MONAHAN
There are so many stand-up comics trying to earn a living these days that it‘s genuinely frightening. One quick glance at the Fringe programme will give you an indication of just how many. So, it makes it more likely for you to get noticed (natural comic ability aside) if you have an ‘angle‘. When he first started out, Patrick Monahan's angle was his Iranian roots. Yeah, but surely Omid Djalili got there first? Well, maybe, but Monahan adds Irish and Geordie to the mix and there you have it: one original stand-up.
But you can't pursue a career purely on a gimmick (or is that just being horribly naive?) and fortunately, Monahan has substance to add to the background. In his 2004 Fringe show, Game On, he took that title literally and arrived with a basket of games and recollections of stuff such as ‘shitbang‘ where you put a firecracker in dog excrement and await the results. Last year. he gave us his Road Map to Peace in which he questioned whether a world without war can ever actually exist, and if it does, did Freddie Mercury have all the answers? It may be several million miles away from the comedy heroes he had as a child (he often cites Dave Allen as the number one) but there is a playfulness about Patrick Monahan that is infectious. At this year‘s Fringe, he will 00 the Right Thing as he ponders how the smallest decisions can change your life forever. (Brian Donaldson)
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to comedy®list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Sian Bevan.
Glasgow
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Glasgow
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