{"id":241,"date":"2018-01-24T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T14:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.punchupcomedy.com\/?p=241"},"modified":"2018-01-24T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T14:21:50","slug":"march-punchup-nick-revell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punchupcomedy.com\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"March PunchUp: Nick Revell"},"content":{"rendered":"

PunchUp Comedy<\/a>\u00a0returns after its winter break in a new FRIDAY NIGHT slot with the rightfully revered stand-up and comedy writer\u00a0Nick Revell<\/a>. He will be in the Deep Blue basement bar at Whistle Trago in Hastings Old Town at 8pm, March 2nd, supported by\u00a0Cat Neilson<\/a>\u00a0and introduced by\u00a0Juliet Brando<\/a>. Tickets are \u00a35 on the door.<\/p>\n

Here’s a bit more about Nick Revell:<\/p>\n

“..one of the most creative and incisive comics on the circuit.\u201d Guardian<\/p>\n

Nick Revell is a comedian and writer. He is currently writing BrokenDreamCatcher, a series of surreal and satirical stories for BBC Radio 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cNick Revell has done for magic realism what Austin Powers did for James Bond.\u201d Times<\/p>\n

He will premier a new live show, also called BrokenDreamCatcher, this year at the Kendal Comedy Festival and then the Edinburgh Fringe. Here\u2019s how The Scotsman described his last stage show, which will be part of the radio series:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a sort of Jackanory for grown-ups and it is great fun. Nick Revell\u2019s stories are a fantastic device to do some satire, some politics, some observational humour and a load of silliness\u2026Nick pretty much has the \u2018surreal fiction for adults\u2019 genre to himself and he is its master. I left thinking I wish they would put it on telly.\u201d Kate Copstick, Scotsman<\/p>\n

Last year he also recorded a fifteen minute satirical set for the BBC at WOMAD, which you can find here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b091w5qf<\/a><\/p>\n

He began selling jokes to radio and TV in the late 70s then did his first stand-up gigs at the London Comedy Store in 1980. Since then he has written and performed for stage, radio and TV, picking up various awards along the way for live stand-up, radio and tv sketch shows and situation comedies. He\u2019s written material for many other comedians, including Roy Hudd, Jasper Carrot, Dave Allen, Paul Merton and Miles Jupp.<\/p>\n

He is also author of two novels – House of the Spirit Levels (\u201cbrilliant\u2026hilarious\u2026inspired -\u201d Ruth Padel, Mail on Sunday) and Night of the Toxic Ostrich and a stage play, Love and Other Fairytales. He was co-creator, producer writer and performer on the successful topical podcast No Pressure to Be Funny with James O\u2019Brien and Alistair Barrie. His last four Edinburgh shows – Closet Optimist, Feminist Porno Jihadi, Gluten Free Jesus and Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge all received four and five star reviews.<\/p>\n

\u201cconsistently excellent\u201d Guardian \u201cMaster satirist\u201d Time Out<\/p>\n

\u201ca master at work, someone who can deliver a cohesive critique of society\u2019s ills without just ranting or being mindlessly angry.\u201d Bruce Dessau<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wonderful Nick Revell… Expect to be seduced by a genuine craftsman\u201d. Guardian<\/p>\n

\u201cRevell is an expert in delivering thought-provoking, political satire, combined with a strong delivery and great stage presence\u2026.There are no cheap laughs here, but if you like your comedians to say something worth saying, Nick Revell is for you. \u201c Edfest Magazine<\/p>\n

\u201ca set which as politically charged as it is hilarious.\u201d Liverpool Echo<\/p>\n

\u201cA master craftsman\u201d Time Out<\/p>\n

\u201cRevell\u2019s pedigree goes back to the Eighties, but his patter is as relevant today as it ever was\u201d London Evening Standard<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is an animated, engaging raconteur offering a master-class in delivery with variety in pace, volume and rhythm that keeps an already attentive audience transfixed\u201d Chortle<\/p>\n

\u201cEasy delivery and a great stage presence\u201d Times<\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook event here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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