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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Reader rating
Description: Musical comedy and observations from the globetrotting Irishman and 2008 if.comedy award winner.
Trains: Tube: Tottenham Court Road 
, Tube / Bus: 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 25, 38, 55, 73, 98, 176 
Phone: 0207478 0100
Website: www.sohotheatre.com
Extra info: Pub, Food
Surprise winner: David O'Doherty won an if.comedy award at this year's Edinburgh Festival
David O’Doherty’s unexpected if.comedy award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival delighted his modest yet fanatical following. Now, with this win under his belt a wider audience is appreciating the appeal of this shaggy-haired Irishman’s understated mission to “rock your world in quite a gentle way.”
This show has been supersized since its summer premiere, with extra jokes, extra songs on cheap Yamaha keyboards and extra whimsy. It is still as slick as John Sergeant’s tango but all the more charming for it. O’Doherty is distracted by fans, digresses and, at one point, rolls around the floor. This is not punchline comedy, more personality comedy. The 32-year-old manchild milks his infectious idiosyncratic worldview for every drop, imagining how it would be wonderful to see a performance of Cats dressed as a mouse and how Argos resembles an exotic mix of shop and bookies, with its tiny pens and paper notelets.
He proves that there are no hack subjects, just hack comedians. Even tackling much-trampled topics such as the internet or texting he sounds fresh. And his daft humour dovetails perfectly into his plinky-plonk songs. One lo-fi gem compares him to Tiger Woods. It is obvious who makes more money, it is less clear who is having more fun.
Until 6 Dec (0207 478 0100).
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
