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WITTANK Sketch silliness and surreal skitting from three clever chaps
Y ou know the deal with sketch show acts by now. Whether they are on the telly or live on stage, some of it will be good, a piece or two in there might even be great, while other bits will be barely passable. Three stars. Not so the WitTank male trio of Naz (Osmanoglu), Kieran (Boyd) and Mark (Cooper-Jones) of whom we described one Fringe show as being without ‘a single down moment in an exhilaratingly perfect set’.
High praise indeed and that kind of encouragement as well as strong belief in their own writing and performing abilities
have now resulted in their debut national tour. Founded at Durham University, the act have gone through a couple of transformations and seem pretty settled on their line-up now as they unleash skits featuring everything from a sleazy Latin lover (OK, you might well have seen that done before) to a debonair yeti (don’t lie, you haven’t seen that done before). Still not entirely sold on that name though. (Brian Donaldson) The Stand, Edinburgh, Wed 27 Mar; Blackfriars, Glasgow, Thu 28 Mar.
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HITLIST THE BEST COMEDY EVENTS
✽ Tom Stade The Edinbro’-based Canadian is quite forthright about his live act: he Totally Rocks! The audience will no doubt heartily concur. King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 21 Mar.
✽ Harry Hill Back after a very long while away
from the live scene, early reviews of Sausage Time suggest that the former medic has still absolutely got it. See preview, page 57. King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 22 & Sat 23 Mar; Edinburgh Playhouse, Fri 29 Mar.
✽ Jerry Sadowitz Here’s a man who might not care if you think he’s still got
it. Sadowitz will just go and do his borderline thing. King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 23 Mar; The Picture House, Edinburgh, Sun 24 Mar.
✽ Richard Herring One of the true staples of
the British stand-up scene, Dickie reflects on all things penile. Yup, his Talking Cock is back. See feature, page 54. Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Mon 25 Mar; The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 26 Mar.
✽ Chris Addison Now appearing on
screen with a porn beard in The Look of Love, the baby- faced comic concentrates on the funny bone with these gigs. See online interview at list.co.uk. Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 27 Mar; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 7 Apr.
✽ WitTank Three funny, funny chaps do their cultish sketch thing. See preview, left. The
Stand, Edinburgh, Wed 27 Mar; Blackfriars, Glasgow, Thu 28 Mar.
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