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Daniel Kitson at the Stand

Description: On stage at The Stand comedy club in Edinburgh.

Newest Review: ... he denies himself mainstream opulence, Kitson need not worry about breaking even: his name carries enough weight to sell out the Stand Comedy Club for twenty nights far in advance of the Edinburgh Fringe even beginning... which is sort of the problem. I'd seen Daniel Kitson twice before, in a ramshackle 2004 show that disappointed me after all the hype, and in 2007 in one of the most ... more

... awe-inspiring performances I'd ever witnessed, destroying any arguments against the validity of stand-up as an art form. I'd put down my initial disappointment to a lack of life experience, visiting the Fringe as a naive, pre-University eighteen-year-old, but ...more

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Daniel Kitson at the Stand: Edinburgh Fringe 2009: Daniel Kitson - We Are Gathered Here (564 words)
by - written on 21/08/09 (Very useful, 424 readings)
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Daniel Kitson is one of the most respected and beloved names on the stand up circuit, despite being entirely unknown in the mainstream sphere dominated by a tedious elite of TV funnymen interrupting women on Mock the Week. Winning the coveted Perrier award in 2002, Kitson could have been up there, and for a very brief time was, until his conscience and self-confessed pretentious morality triumphed over the need for mainstream success, and he opted to play low-profile comedy clubs on Sunday to Thursday nights exclusively, distrusting a weekend audience that might not 'get' his inimitable style of condescending arrogance and inspirational melancholy. Still in ... Read the complete review