to put on my giant judgy-Mcjudgy-pants over this?

[Lauriefairyonthetreeeatscake]

Last night I was at a Rob Brydon gig - a comedy gig that started at 8 and finished at 10.45.

There were loads of parents with kids - some as young as 8 Perhaps half a dozen families.

I really judged. It was the most inappropriate place to take children - surely everyone knows it's adult comedy - there was numerous 'fucks' and the occasional 'cunt', and lots of rude jokes and anecdotes.

Am I so out of step - do others really think that's an ok gig to take them to?

On the first Mighty Boosh live DVD they react to the fact that loads of parents have brought children with them. Not by censoring the show in any way, but by emphasising the really sweary bits and reminding the children to say them in the playground. I can kind of see why people would take kids to see the Mighty Boosh, the TV show was quite family friendly to start with, but surely they must guess that it's going to get quite sweary when it's live?

Music festivals and concerts seem fine to me though. Glastonbury is free for children, so presumably people don't get nasty comments there.

YANBU

I'd have tutted something terrible.

Lola, I took my 11 year old to see The Killers at the O2 this year - I also went the evening before with my girlfriends. The first night was brilliant, and not a single swear. The night I took DS, Brandon shouted out "Let's raise the motherfucking roof"

HA! typical. I'm taking my 9year old and my 12 year old to see New Moon tonight. I'll probably get clucked at but I don't really give a shit.

YANBU. Late night and adult humour, we'd avoid it with kids.

I love Rob Bryden though.

Naughty Brandon, he is supposed to be a good Mormon boy! Just realised I said Wembley, of course it was the O2 I saw them at, mid Feb.

At least my DS got to see them at V, so he was happy in the end. He was on dhs shoulders watching in silent awe throughout, said it was the best day of his life, bless him. I wanted to take him to see Green Day in London a few weeks ago, but chickened out again. You expect potty mouthed behaviour from Billy Joe though, so the tutting and comments I would have no doubt recieved would have been justified on that occasion

I've just got tickets for Dara O'Briain and it's clearly stated over 16's on the website and tickets.

yanbu, totally inappropriate to take children.
it should be age rated on all the tickets alike how cocole mentioned above

YANBU. I'm too young for Rob Brydon though he could be useful for getting difficult sleepers to nod off

YANBU. Sounds like they need to make it clearer to people when booking that it is for over 18s only and to turn people away if they bring small kids. I'd find it particularly annoying if they toned down the performance because there were kids there.

"Kids like their parents to be a bit dull, familiar and stick to the same routine."

What, all the time? Really??

Some kids get a lot out of more grown up activities, some dont - big deal. Discretion and common sense needed obviously. And the odd late night doing something different is fine too.

Lol keep laughing at 'long cock jokes'. What a way to word it

tucked in bed 7.30, LeQueen, blimey: what kind of ghastly hour do your 8yos get up at?

My nine year old gets tucked up by seven

Nope, NBU. Totally inappropriate.

I do not agree with kids of that age going to see an adult comedy show at all. Whether it goes over their heads or not.

I was at my aunt taking my 16yrs cousin to see Michael McIntyre (but I accept that is probably OTT) so 8 is a big no-no for me.

YANBU.

I've taken my 10 year old niece on late shows at the theatre before, but always something innocuous like Mary Poppins Live or a dance recital or a Take That concert. But a stand-up comedy show is inappropriate on so many levels - it can never be appropriate for young children, even if they don't understand the smutty jokes.

Bang the gavel down hard - YANBU!

YANBU at all, judge away!

I'm all for family friendly things but sometimes we just need to be adults!

What the hell where they doing out at that time of night on a school night as well>

Reminds me of Camp Bestival when there were a load of parents with their young children watching Frankie Boyle - totally inappropriate as you can imagine!

children at a Frankie Boyle show???
His content is sometimes inappropriate for adults even!

Surely Michael McIntyre is one of the "safest" comedians for a teenager to see? He hardly swears or does anything rude. Isn't that one of his selling points? That he's sort of "post-alternative"?

Can't believe clucking at taking kids to festival gigs. Surely festivals are supposed to be family friendly. Took DD (9) to a free festival this year where she saw some well-known names - lots of parents, some with pushchairs! Admittedly most had gone home by the time the sun went down... DD was one of the shortest people moshing to Little Boots at the end of the evening! But the teenagers all round were very kind and sweet and didn't bash into her. Nobody tutted at all.

NBU at all. Agree with the poster who said that they'd be furious if someone toned down their act because of children. I can see it is a grey area when children are of an age to see a grown u comedy show, but common sense should be applied. My dd 8.6 adores Armstrong and Miller (the cavepeople in particular), but there is no way on earth that I'd take her to see them, let alone watch a whole episode.

Agree unquiet that festivals (esp Camp Bestival) are family friendly but would you want your young children to see Frankie Boyle? At 11pm? And I'm not talking teenagers here though there were plenty of those too, not judgiing at them but at the younger children. Maybe I'm getting old!

BTY I thought he was hilarious, but then my children were safely tucked up in bed.

We're going to see Frankie Boyle next year and I cannot imagine for one moment that it would be suitable for a child.

In fact from what someone said on a thread on here a while ago it sounds as if his live act can even be a bit for the open-minded adults!