Dan Wright
Relatively new to solo performing, Dan Wright is just great! He already oozes the confidence of a comedian more seasoned than the mere two years he has under his belt. Of course, this is simply a reflection of the time he has spent as part of duo Electric Forecast and his countless television credits.
Aside from the obvious (because we know how comedians who start out on kids TV love constantly being reminded long after they leave their characters in the glitter and dust of the CBeebies studio, don’t we!) Dan Wright has been on many other television shows. The one I remember him most from (even more than the Big Cook Little Cook thing!) is Crash Test Dummies, originally shown on the Discovery Kids TV channel – a show which Child One once described as being “like Jackass but without the drugs, beer and swearing” but he has also presented a range of other shows such as the light-hearted documentary F*ck Off I’m Ginger, Big Brother’s Big Mouth and channel five’s tongue-in-cheek Sex Lessons.
As a stand-up, though, we see a calmer side than the slightly manic character we see in his partnership with Stephen Marsh. He is well paced and methodical in his delivery of some really good material.
If I were to make a small criticism (since that is kind-of my purpose here!) it would be that what I have seen of Dan Wright thus far has been fairly safe and nothing particularly ground-breaking, but that said he is still very funny with some great material so well worth going to see!
Pat Monahan
Like most people, I first heard of Pat Monahan via the ITV contest, Show Me the Funny which he won in 2011. He had already been gigging for many years before this, though, which showed in the huge amount of confidence he displayed throughout. I was lucky enough to catch him recently in the home town (yes, something decent here for once!) and thoroughly enjoyed his set. The greatest thing is that winning the show doesn’t seem to have changed much about his style so all the things which had us willing him on as we watched are still very much a part of his act- again, probably down to the experience behind him that whilst able to take criticism onboard, he had the self-assurance to know that some things worked even if the experts felt they shouldn’t.
(and as an aside, I should say that whilst that show started with a few WTF’s, we really were torn by the end to the point that any of the finalists could have won and we’d have been equally pleased… just in case I find myself mentioning the show again and come across as sycophantic through saying nice things about someone else!)
But anyway, two great comics well worth seeing, so catch them both at St David’s Hall, 8pm on Thursday 5th July.
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