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Phil Nichol: Hiro Worship
Wednesday 12 March and Thursday 13 March
9.30pm (Wednesday), 8.00pm (Thursday)
Stand Comedy Club
£10/ £8 conc
Tickets: 0870 600 6055
A comedy circuit hero since he first hit the UK in the 1980s as part
of wayward musical troupe Corky and the Juice Pigs, Phil
Nichol became the darling of the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
winning just about every accolade going. But Phil hasn’t followed that
well-trod path and beaten a hasty retreat from live comedy for the
sanctuary of easy TV punditry. Rather, the following Fringe saw him
right back at the scene of his triumph-The Stand Comedy Club- doing what
he does best- spinning comedy magic from excruciating personal
situations.
Legendary for his raw, uncensored shows that are, frankly,
autobiographical to the point of deranged, you might legitimately wonder
what there is left for Phil to confess. Making out with his girlfriend’s
dad? Debauched, substance-fuelled lost weekends with random bigots? Jazz
ballet? Done, done and done. Now, Phil tackles what happens when you
reach out to a stranger (in his case a Japanese Rolling Stones-obsessed
heckler) and they then don’t leave your house. For months.
Away from leaving audiences in hysterics for the best part of two
decades, Phil’s ‘straight’ acting career has proved equally fruitful. In
2005 The Stage named him Best Actor for his performance in Edward
Albee’s Zoo Story and he has performed alongside Christian
Slater in the acclaimed production of One Flew Over The Cuckoos
Nest. Stewart Lee directed him as the lead in his 2006 production
of Talk Radio and Phil also took to the West End Stage in Boy
George’s hit musical Taboo.
Phil is also fast becoming a familiar TV face, with scene-stealing
turns as the camper-than-thou entertainment host in BBC's hit comedy
Broken News and as Rob Brydon's agent in Annually
Retentive.
Away from the safety of the TV screen and in the live arena, Phil’s
comedy is sweaty, raucous and all-embracing. Mr Nichol will touch you,
quite possibly literally. There’s no fourth wall with Phil’s unique
stand-up, no dry stand-offish one-liners- he just wants to share the
love.
Press Quotes
‘The audience are breathless from laughing so hard’ Scotland on
Sunday
‘Comedy at its most eye-popping, synapse-fizzing, moral majority
baiting, manic' Guardian
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