Just been racking my brain and procrastinating over the job application I need to tackle.
Having worked at the Guildhall I got to watch a few comedians before I started shelling out money to see them and worked at a ‘comedian’ gig that I will not mention due to him being utterly repugnant.
So in no particular order
Russell Brand (I’d thought he was awful until I saw him live whilst at work)
Graham Norton
Dylan Moran
Dave Gorman (so many times now)
Mark Thomas
Rob Newman (not at the height of Newman and Baddiel but about 10 years ago and last year - still would).
Jack Dee (off to watch a recording of his EU referendum help desk next month)
Ardal O’Hanlon
Steve Coogan
Billy Connelly
Rhod Gilbert (work one, who I met and have a lovely awkward looking photo with)
Al Murray (work)
Jimmy Carr
Harry Hill (work)
Ed Byrne
Eddie Izzard
Peter Kay (briefly at a children in need thing)
Ricky Gervais
John Bishop (work)
Mark Watson (work)
Lenny Henry (work)
Stephen K Amos
There are a few other work ones I cannot quite place like Armstrong and Miller and League of Gentlemen.
Not seen Bill Bailey do stand up but he stared at me and my sister once.
So the recent Gorman show had 4 acts (we would go back and see them all again):
Rob Auton - lives locally I think - Yorkshire guy who was a little surreal at times, a lot of spoken word. I really liked him, he’s quite deadpan… He won best joke at Edinburgh a few years ago. Cannot find a good video to link.
Alex Smith - did a few songs with his guitar, made us laugh a lot. He has been on BBC Radio 2’s New Comedy Awards and BBC3’s new talent showcase, Live at The Electric.
Katie Mulgrew - discovered after the gig she is Jimmy Cricket’s daughter. Made us chuckle.
Gareth Richardson - from Bournemouth. Also did a bit of music. Bits about being a dad.