Sell Out Fringe 2009
Updates: Geoff Norcott Edinburgh Fringe Festival Sell Out 2009
‘Geoff Norcott is a comedian with a big future ahead of him.’ DAILY MIRROR
‘Master of anecdotal stand up’ Edinburgh Festival Magazine
‘An intellectuall comedian as much as a punch line slinger’ Broadway Baby
‘Geoff Norcott is really hitting his straps at the Edinburgh Festival. Having already performed a total sell out over the first weekend, Geoff is now starting to wow the critics. The Mirror said, ‘Geoff Norcott is a comedian with a big future ahead of him’, while the Edinburgh Festival Magazine proclaimed him a ‘Master of anecdotal stand up.’
Geoff is enjoying the festival as he explained, ‘The show is growing. It’s nice to hear good things from the critics but the only response i’m really looking for is that of the audience and so far they’ve been great.’
Geoff is at the Pleasance Courtyard every night (except 19th) until 31st August at 7:00pm
Rudi Lickwood - 'Food For Thought'
Edinburgh Festival Comedy News
RUDI LICKWOOD
B.E.C.A Award Winner (Black Entertainment Comedy Awards)
Awarded status in the ‘Black 100+’ awards for the greatest Black British Achievers
Title Of Show: ‘Food For Thought’
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Attic
Time: 8.15pm
Dates: 5th – 31st August (except 12th & 19th)
Previews: 5th – 7th August
Rudi Lickwood makes his full length Edinburgh debut at this year’s festival, the ‘Black Entertainment Comedy Award’ winner brings his show, ‘Food For Thought’, to the Pleasance Attic. A comedy caldron of tasty hilarity – Rudi is a man that speaks his mind, struggling to be ‘PC’ with some very funny and surreal consequences.
Known as Harlesden’s No1 comedian, his parents arrived in the UK in the early 60s from Guyana South America and on tracing back their roots discovered that his slave owner was Scottish and that he is in actual fact of Ghanaian origin!
With insightful social commentary, as thought provoking as a Rene Margaritte painting, Rudi has a realistic look at his national identity. Through the eyes of a confused citizen he asks many questions including “If England is playing the West Indies in a cricket match who does he support”. For Rudi, political correctness only highlights Nationality and does not determine cultural identity no matter how many pledges of allegiance one makes to Queen and country!
Rudi left school with no qualifications to speak of and was considered a problem child, he used comedy to cheer up his mother during times of domestic abuse from his father. After losing his job as a general manager of a firm importing foods from the Caribbean he discovered the knack to make people laugh when he became a mini cab driver.
He later set up a school for comedy and has since seen an up surge black British comedians, for every 5 black comics on the circuit today 3 of them would have passed through Rudi’s hands, including MTV Base’s Kojo. Not satisfied with that Rudi quickly realised how powerful a tool comedy could be and took the course into penal system using it as a rehabilitation and educational tool for the inmates. This was proving quite successful until he discovered that one of the inmates on his course was a suspected terrorist and when the Minister of Justice, Jack Straw, found out the course was stopped!
A circuit veteran, festival virgin and a granddad, a man full of contradictions non violent and yet he has performed for the troops in Iraq Afghanistan and Bosnia. He’s a mercenary in search of belly laughs and like the milkman; he always delivers this extremely funny man is a force to be reckoned with!
His TV credits include CH4 ‘Get Me The Producer’, BBC1’s ‘Funny Business’ and also for BBC 1 ‘Hart Of Harlesden’.
THE CRITICS:
“…Observant engaging interactive comic whose routines roll out like warm custard over Spotted Dick” INDEPENDENT
“…He’s an intelligent one of a kind with something to appeal to everyone” CHORTLE
“…Irresistible he’s going to be massive” GUARDIAN
www.lickwood.co.uk
www.comicvoice.com
www.facebook.com/people/Rudi-Lickwood/692251419
Geoff Norcott - The Shocking Truth About Men & Women
Edinburgh Festival Stand Up Comedy News
GEOFF NORCOTT
Title Of Show: ‘The Shocking Truth About Men & Women’
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Over The Road 3
Time: 7.00pm
Dates: 5th – 31st August (except 12th & 19th)
Previews: 5th – 7th August
We all know men and women are different, but how many stereotypes are actually rooted in scientific fact? Depressingly, quite a few. Maybe the real truth about men and women is so shocking we cling on to the simple versions for a good reason…
After deciding not to buy his wife the diamond ring he promised her – instead using the money to fund this year’s Edinburgh Festival show – outstandingly good stand up Geoff Norcott returns once more for the full month at the newly re-opened Pleasance venue ‘Over The Road 3’ with his new show ‘The Shocking Truth About Men & Women’.
Geoff has become a bit sexist and isn’t happy about it. A former card-carrying feminist, he abandoned his principles during five years of marriage and dubious TV presenting gigs for Nuts. It’s time to rediscover the ‘New Man’ he left behind. He is ready to concede defeat in the battle of the sexes. It turns out that women are just better – and, usually, right.
But we do like different things. Men like shoes and women like fighting…something like that. Men are good at reversing, but rubbish at backtracking.
Women are good at locating small things while big things elude them…
In an age of resurgent stereotypes, do you ever get the feeling that some of this gender stuff doesn’t add up?
A former school teacher, everything Geoff does is under-pinned by enthusiasm, optimism and a sharp comic mind. Whether it be on the comedy circuit or on TV or radio, Geoff’s abundance of energy combined with a storming mix of observations, impressions and satire has made him a hugely popular act both in the UK and abroad.
Geoff is emerging as a vibrant writer, having written for ‘Parsons & Naylor’ on BBC Radio Two & for Radio 4, MTV and Nuts TV. His TV work includes BBC1 impressions show ‘Spoof’, presenting on the WKD Shed Sports Show, where his quick witted one-liners became a popular feature of the nightly debates), and BBC2’s ‘My Appalling School Report’. Geoff is also currently involved in an exciting new sketch show project due to hit our screens in late 2009. Radio credits include frequent guest spots on Talksport’s ‘Hawksby & Jacobs Show’ and the Richard Bacon Show for Radio 5.
OPINIONS ON GEOFF FROM THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE:
‘Absolutely brilliant, funny, caring, even as a small boy he kept the room laughing, but I do have a bias – I’m his mum. Even so, he is brilliantly funny.’ –
Actual quote from his objective mother posted on www.chortle.co.uk
‘We’re kind of hoping the comedy thing is just a phase.’ – His Mother In Law
‘Always Trying.’ – His Wife
THE CRITICS:
‘…Funny, charming and optimistic…’ THE LIST
‘…This guy is going to be big’ THE STAGE
‘..A quick witted and amiable host.’ CHORTLE
‘..guaranteed to bring the house down at any comedy gig.’ MANCHESTER E NEWS
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John Ryan on Stage
Big night tonight. The club holds five hundred and they have their senior managers in. The venue manager is stressed and worries about what they might say. I arrive an hour before the gig and count down the minutes. Soon after arriving we hear the words all comics dread. “Sorry but we are running late!” But then they send someone to check you are okay for food and drinks. You don’t get that in a normal day job. I can’t imagine mechanic being told “ere ya go Dave a nice bacon sandwich to make up for the exhaust not arriving”. Most comedians would agree that you can run as late as you like if there is food involved in the compensation. I read through the menu and my stomach cheered. I am sure a nice juicy steak will take my mind off of the clock.
So, we have time to kill and loiter backstage. The dressing room is a funny place. I am like a child waiting to open Xmas presents. I can’t sit still. I try to look like I am focussing on the job in hand. I am surrounded by the other acts looking professional as they prepare themselves. I try not to annoy people as they all have their own mannerisms and rituals. I have been in dressing rooms with acts that will go through their entire set list with you. Others sit moodily brooding as they prepare to do ‘battle’. I guess we all have our own techniques for preparing.
On Air, On Stage, On Telly!
Howdy me lovelies,
Good news! Just to let you know that Sally and I are going to be doing a 2 hour radio show every Sunday throughout June on Romney Marsh 87.8FM. It’ll be sketches, songs and general talking stuff as well as playing records (although in fairness they’re going to be doing the technical stuff!). We can air some stuff that’s never seen the light of day and we’ll then have something to tout to other radio people.
Romney Marsh 87.8FM is mainly an internet radio station but they’ve bought a hugely expensive FM licence for a month in June and want to feature us, which is great.
It’s going to be a Sunday afternoon show – probably 2-4pm but got to confirm the details, so keep a look out here!
Will let you all have all the info as soon as I have more.
Cheers.
Lx
I am gigging in Edinburgh and have to take a flight. This presents a bit of a problem. I just don’t like flying. Most people will say it is just the taking off and landing that is the problem. Nope, it is being in the air. It isn’t a fear of heights it is a fear of Flying. Even as a child when most kids would be excited about the thought of getting on a plane I would be petrified. It might be because I never got on one until I was twenty one. Whilst kids at school went off to Spain and Greece every year we only went to one place. We always went to Ireland on the Boat from Holyhead or Liverpool. My schoolmates thought it was because we were poor, but it was more sinister than that. We were sent back to Ireland to find a partner to breed with. It was every Irish parents dream that they would have little Irish grand children running around in Celtic football shirts. Like Salmon facing a perilous journey to the breeding grounds, we too had to have an arduous experience on the journey to make it worth while. The boat was the civilised way to travel. On the news there were never stories of ships sinking, only planes crashing and we feared flight! My dad used to wind us up by threatening us with the airport. He would then relent and say “ok you been good we’ll take the boat”. Read the rest of this entry »
The Kids and Easter - Rudi Lickwood
Easter is over and the kids are back to school, how happy am I take a look at my fridge…it’s full. If anyone told me my 4 yr old daughter could eat an elephant I’d say you lie no way. I’m not sure what it is do children eat and the moment they eat something it get absorbed into there lymphatic system so fast that not even a formula 1 car engine can keep up or is their a hidden trap door at the bottom of their feet that leaves an invisible trail of digested food that dissolves into any surface they walk on I don’t know. What I do know is that in two weeks on food alone I spent a mortgage and that ain’t easy when you shop at Lidl’s.
This Easter we decided that we would not be buying any of our nieces and nephews any Easter eggs as Jesus Christ sacrifice on the cross and the Easter bunny couldn’t possible have any correlation with chocolate Easter eggs. So we bought them DVD’s instead. Well that was the idea you see Asda was meant to be doing a special offer of £1 DVD’s. Well by the time we got down to our local Asda you would have thought that Woolworths was closing down special priced DVDs did we see any NO! We have 17 nieces and nephews between me and my gorgeous wife I say gorgeous because she is standing next to me and the thought of no bed time fun is out of the question. What I’m trying to say is that we had to take out a bridging loan to cover to the cost of buying DVDs. So right about now Rudi Lickwood is broke back to school sometimes I wish my children could live there. It has been said that children are a bundle of joy no their not their bundle of bills wrapped up in memories that last forever.
Top TV Comedian Geoff Norcott writes: ’It’s already been a busy 2009. I have guested on Talksport radio, written for Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’ and was proud to be part of Google’s comic Relief fund raising event. I can also be heard on the Jon Richardson’s BBC 6 music show on April 26th.
Later this year i’m going to be taking my full length show ‘The Shocking Truth About Men and Women’ up to the Edinburgh festival. I’ve been writing the show for the last six months and can’t wait to start the previews in late May.’
Watch out for more news on Geoff Norcott’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival show coming soon
Preparations are hotting up for the Edinbugh Comedy Festival but Rudi’s not taking his eye off the ball with his club and corporate bookings. With performances ranging from those in the fine Theatre Royal Margate to freshly developed Esporta Health Clubs across the UK, black stand-up comedian Rudi Lickwood knows where he’s come from is just as important as where he is going to.
Keep an eye out on his blog page for up todate news on his Edinburgh show title and preview shows.
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