GENTLY PROGRESSIVE BEHEMOTH Laughs and lunacy in one tight package 0...
errle the sketch show rrray have fared rather poorly at thrs year's l rrnge. the oddball double act rrrrglrt well he lravrrrg its salad days. ()ertarnly. If the (sently Progressive Behemoth lrn the shape of corrrrcally theatrrcal young Cambrrdge guns Nadia Kamrl and luke Roberts) are arrytlrrrrg to go by. then srlly surrealrsm, a la Mrglrty Boosh and Noble 8. ESrlver, rs on the up once rrrore. llre frrrale of Kamrl dressed as /rggy Stardust era Bowre wrth Roberts behrrrd operating her arnrs could only be dreamed up by two unrgue rrrrrrds. albert ones surely fed on the rrorrserrsrcal escapism of the alorerrrerrtrorred duos.
Wrtlr a clrerrrrstry to die for and a gurck wrtted set of lrrghly prepared responses to any grven scenarro urrfoldrrrg before tlrerrr rn this trglrt audrtorrum, the laughs rattle along and the non segurters about nroralrty and a harsh crrtrc narrred Anne Bancroft trrp off therr talented tongues. llre trtle of their act rs best left to your own Interpretation but therr future success is easy to guess. Guaranteed. you'd have thought. (Brian Donaldson)
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CHOPPER
Hard man goes for soft targets .0.
Chopper rs the ‘rnternatronal ambassador of hand. So clarms Heath Franklin as he brrngs us hrs successful sketch show character, based on real» lrfe jailbrrd psycho Mark Brandon Read. The prerrrrse rs srnrple: Chopper pops up wherever you least expect him. such as a brngo hall or an educational vrdeo. and adds hrs
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DAVID O’DOHERTY Whimsical, solid set from thatched Irishman 0000
Due to hrs (frstrrrr;tr‘./e. I(Il()f;ylrr,l'illlt, style (plus. possrbly. last year's l ddres nomination) l)a\.rd O'Doherty has a strong followwrg and has rrotlrrrrg to prove. Yet. for the srxth year. he serves up the goods In sharp contrast to
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MARC MARON & KIRK FOX
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DAVID WARD The truth hurts for former jallbird
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