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Go see Andrew O'Neill! Seriously!
Apr. 5th, 2010 09:58 amHad an brilliant evening at the Comedy Festival last night. Celia Pacquola, Andrew O'Neill, Die Roten Punkte's Haus Party at the Festival Club. And then home to download the excellent new Doctor Who episode*.
All of it wonderful. But I'm not here to talk about that.
I here to tell you: if you're any sort of geek, you MUST see Andrew O'Neill's show.
He's a geeky long haired metalhead. He tells jokes about comics writer Alan Moore, about occultist Aleister Crowley, about being hassled by blokey blokes just because he likes wearing women's clothing in public. And it all works. Even to an audience that had never heard of half the things he was talking about. He makes it work.
It's easily the best and funniest show I've seen at the Festival.
Here's a sample:
Go see him. Seriously.
* It's obviously early days. But I think Matt Smith just became My Doctor. Sorry, Christopher Eccleston.
All of it wonderful. But I'm not here to talk about that.
I here to tell you: if you're any sort of geek, you MUST see Andrew O'Neill's show.
He's a geeky long haired metalhead. He tells jokes about comics writer Alan Moore, about occultist Aleister Crowley, about being hassled by blokey blokes just because he likes wearing women's clothing in public. And it all works. Even to an audience that had never heard of half the things he was talking about. He makes it work.
It's easily the best and funniest show I've seen at the Festival.
Here's a sample:
Go see him. Seriously.
* It's obviously early days. But I think Matt Smith just became My Doctor. Sorry, Christopher Eccleston.
