Can kids Lycett!

[Overthinkingx3]

My kids love Joe Lycett

Innocuous TV but also radio
He’s funny and sweet and a little political

He is coming to our town for boys birthday . He will be 12, his siblings age 8 and 14

Would you take your kids ? I can’t check him out first … but the theatre guidance is 15

Oh and the bloke from Radio 4 was Marcus Brigstock btw.

how am I supposed to know that their live shows are completely different

I’m guessing you’ve never been to standup/live comedy because it generally is very different. So posters here have pointed this difference out to you, although you haven’t always appeared to listen (as even your most recent post questions why films etc would be OK but live comedy would not), but no one has been impolite ( or worse, the dreaded ‘unkind’ ). They just haven’t said what you wanted to hear.

@Scarlettpixie

Oh and the bloke from Radio 4 was Marcus Brigstock btw.

I have seen him live many times. Wasn’t smutty from what I can recall

I have asked a question about whose work I have only expereinced on radio 4 or family TV - and is obviously a very different in stand up. Same with Sara Pascoe - how am I supposed to know that their live shows are completely different

But common sense tells you that they are going to be different, surely.

A comedy club is like a pub, an adult environment, with people drinking. It's not 8pm on BBC1 and YABVU to think it would be. Stand up comedians are ADULT entertainment, talking about adult themes, using occasional bad language. They are not "family-friendly".

Suggest you look for a Horrible Histories tour or something. Or a pantomime.

There are often comics at the Edinburgh festival who aren’t all sex and smut … maybe age 10 + and it should be an option in other contexts

But sex and smut aren't the only way for comedians to be inappropriate. Many make jokes around topics like racism, sexism etc. They're not necessarily sexual but they're also completely inappropriate for an 8yo child.

People regularly take their kids to see things out of age guidance - Harry potters movies and Star Wars for sure

But it's not comparable.

All live stand-up shows are different as they often involve audience interaction, and they're often tailored for the location too.

Films can be watched by the parents beforehand where necessary and parents can then make the decision themselves. That's not possible with a live performance.

None of them if it’s a 15. It’ll be more aimed at adults and won’t be appropriate.