What comedians have you seen live?

[ThePinkDreamer]

Harry hill

Loads! There is a great comedy club and lots of theatres near me. Stephen Merchant, Russell Howard, Russell Kane, Dara O'Briain, Rhod Gilbert, Michael McIntyre, Tim Minchin, Romesh Ranganathan, Harry Hill, Jimmy Carr, Alan Carr, Lee Evans, Bill Bailey, lots more but I'm probably just showing off now 😂

Billy Conolly
Sarah Millican
Jsson Manford
John Bishop
Michael Macintre
Katherine Ryan
Jimmy Carr
Alan Carr
Peter Kay
Nina Conti

Paddy McGuiness

and seeing Rob Beckett next year

Michael McIntyre, very funny.
John Bishop, really not funny

Seeing Rhod Gilbert later this year.

Loads when I was younger - we had a comedy club at the local pub in N London where I lived at the time, and also used to go to the comedy cafe / jongleurs. The most memorable was probably Matt Lucas as Sit Bernard Chumley.
Also, Victoria Wood when I was a teenager, Al Murray as the pub landlord, Russell Kane.

Greg Davies and Milton Jones, going to see Greg again next year

Lee Evans, Chris Rock, Paul Foot x 2, Peter Kay,

Going to see Henning Wehn next year.

Alan Bissett

@OlympicDimples
Why was Reginald D Hunter awful?

I didn't find him at all funny live either. He's great on game shows though.

Oh god, I’ve just remembered that I saw Michael Barrymore in Great Yarmouth as a kid. I think I enjoyed it, but looking back his act was a bit odd.

So are his parties.

Ken Dodd (who was amazing live on stage)
Jasper Carrot
Peter Kay

Jimmy Carr
Russell Brand
Lee Evans
Chris Ramsay
Carl Hutchinson
Roy Chubby Brown
Romesh Ranganathan
Ed Byrne

I'd also forgotten I'd seen Russell Brand. He was excellent. So funny.

Not seen this Irish trio mentioned but they are brilliant. A live comedy act, more than traditional stand-up -
Foil, Arms and Hogg, twice.
Dame Edna (dangerous!)
Dylan Moran (rambling, boring, got heckled and did not like it.)
Miles Jupp (absolutely filthy 😅)

Yeah, Foil, Arms and Hog are great 😁

Sean Lock RIP

Yes @allaboardtheplaybus he was amazing but his own worst enemy. Could have been huge but kept pissing people off! There's a documentary about him on Prime or Free on Freevee if you don't mind the ads.
Watch Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage | Prime Video (amazon.co.uk)

Russell brand on his own - also hilarious at the time (early noughties) but myself and friend were slightly perturbed at the end by the being held in the entrance whilst he pointed out who was to be asked to go to his "after-party" then all being encouraged to chase him down a pier!

When I saw him he asked for any groupies/future one-night stands to make themselves known in the foyer after the gig. He wasn't joking either.

Reginald D Hunter (very dark, not as funny as when he's on Have I Got News for You, quite angry)

Yes, that was my experience. I refer to it as a "resentful gig" as he seemed to really hate the audience. He berated the guy I was with for smiling but not laughing. (His material was amusing in parts but not laugh out loud funny. We weren't heckling. We were just waiting for a good bit!)
He seemed to be looking for conflict but we were just
He said in the Guardian:
I would say to my younger self: once you’ve tried proving yourself by getting everyone’s approval that you’re worth it, you’ll realise that such an exercise isn’t worth it.
Maybe he was angry that we weren't wetting ourselves <shrug>

David O' Docherty
David Badiel
Stuart Lee
Robin Ince
Armando Ianucci
Billy Connolly
Harry Hill
Mark Watson
Mark Little
Ross Noble
Justin Moorehouse
Joe Lycett
Dave Gorman
Ed Byrne
James Acaster