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Comedy – Daniel Kitson @ the HOB

A review from Chris Hutton of the work in progress show Daniel did at the Hob in February 2009, the same show as the picture posted earlier:

Last night I ventured to the HOB pub in Forest Hill to see Daniel Kitson. I have to say the venue was very nice and allows you to bring your own food, they encourage a trip to the Pizza Hut around the corner. Pints were £3 a pop which was a bit of a shock. But on the other hand, the gig cost £3 for 1hr30mins of pure comedy.

You might recognise Daniel as Spencer from Phoenix Nights but his appearance has somewhat changed since then. The gig was intended to try out some new material before he tours in 6 months time. His elegant use of English was great as he attacked Twitter, Cyclists interspersed with stories from his recent driving lessons. Great banter with the audience, retorting hilariously to the couple of hecklers. I have to agree with him being #27 on Channel 4′s One Hundred Greatest Stand-Up Comedians.

Wonderful night, wholeheartedly recommend the venue and the comedian.
12 hours ago

The Hob
February 25, 2009

Taken by David Jones.

18 hours ago

Whiplash
January 10, 2012
Upright Citizens Brigade, New York

Taken by Mindy Bond.

1 day ago 1 note

Honourable Men Of Art Triple-Jump Championship 2008 Angle 2

Banter from Daniel Kitson revealed that a member of the audience had once been a triple-jump athlete. An hour and lots of trash-talk later, the tables and chairs were cleared in The Stand to make way for a competition between David O’Docherty and the former triple-jumper. One jump, from standing. This video starts from just before O’Docherty’s winning jump. Compered by Daniel Kitson, commentary from Andy Zaltzman.

2 days ago 1 note

nevermetawiseman:

The Interminable Suicide Of Gregory Church.

“Gregory had fifty seven letters to write. He’d never written that many letters, not in one go. In fact, he’d never written a single letter and it was taking significantly longer than he’d anticipated. He’d started, full of optimism, curiously enough, at 9am and now here he was eight hours later halfway through letter twenty four. He glanced at his watch and then at the noose hanging over his head.

Gregory sighed. 

Had he known how long suicide letter take, he thought, he wouldn’t have canceled the milk for the morning.

The story of a death postponed by life.”

3 days ago 4 notes

Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn
It’s the Fireworks Talking and The Ballad of Rodger and Grace
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
June 10, 2007

Taken by Tim.

4 days ago 3 notes

MICF

bvan:

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During the comedy festival I saw Simmons, Steve Huges, Simon Amstel, Greg Behrendt, Daniel Kitson, David O’Doherty, FanFiction comedy and two live podcast recordings.

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Daniel Kitson has done fantastic material using some of the same terms. You can get a few recordings of his off his website, and they’re well worth a listen. I only discovered him by reading on of Stewart Lee’s books about half way through the festival. After hearing some of his stuff he was instantly one of my favorite comics, and his live show “Where Once Was Wonder” is the best live show I’ve ever seen. Here, the comedic logic I talked about before was applied consistently, and referenced the subjectivity and pitfalls of worldviews in a smart, funny way. I can see some people thinking Kitson’s work as smug, but what do they know.

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5 days ago 4 notes

More congratulations are in order!

Daniel received a Special Citation for It’s Always Right Now, Until It’s Later this evening at the Obie Awards, which are given out for Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway shows in New York.

A list of the rest of this year’s Obie winners can be found here.

6 days ago