CCF12 PREVIEW: Vagabond Comedy

Vagabond Comedy


A monthly event at the Gwdhiŵ Café/Bar, Vagabond Comedy are to host a preview of the new Edinburgh show of Cornish act Matt Price on Tuesday 10th July.

Having not attended the venue myself, I asked a friend who has to give her twopenn’orth. Here is what she had to say (with a few edits!):

“It’s a lovely little venue, really intimate. If I went again [I wouldn’t go alone] because I felt like a proper outsider and there were some right letchy student types. But that’s nothing to do with the event is it.
Don’t know any names, but the guy that compered [Jordan Brookes] was really good at riling people up ready for the acts. He was good at talking with the audience and actually listened to responses. Sometimes they just ask questions but gloss over the answer if it doesn’t fit the next bit of their set, but he didn’t. I don’t think he even had any prepared material to be honest [nb: Personally I doubt this is the case, as I have never yet met anyone who MCs an event in that way, so props to him for either appearing so spontaneous or having the balls to stand up and free-flow – not sure which I think is harder!] The acts were all quite good too. Don’t think any of them were famous in real terms [read: Have not been on TV] but they were funny even if in some cases seemed a bit green. If you are around when there’s a night on you should definitely go. [Trails off into a rant about not knowing who anyone is and admits to only recognising people who have been on LATA or MTW ]”

So there you go, ticks for the venue and acts, just the audience that let it down in her case - although most people can handle a few drunken, letchy student types!

I will add that Matt Price is absolutely brilliant and just immensely likeable, so even if you do not know any of the other names you should certainly be wanting to see him! Check out his website here: Matt Price

Also on the bill for this evening are:
Gareth Brand: semi-finalist of the Gilded Balloon’s So You Think You’re Funny of 2009
Matt Rees: winner and finalist in several contests over the past year or so, amongst which he won the 2011 WUSA and more recently the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at Leicester festival this February.
Rob Hughes: 2011 semi-finalist of Laughing Horse New Act of the Year and finalist of WUSA


Buy tickets here: Vagabond Comedy

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