Club Fantastico, Tony Law and the Humble Quest: Editor's Choice - Comedy
05 April, 2012
by: Emma
Every Friday, our editors bring you their personal highlights of the week ahead. Emma McAlpine selects her top three gigs.
Thursday 12th April
Oram and Meeten's Club Fantastico @ The Vandella
The brilliantly bonkers Club Fantastico is back - now at new comedy venue The Vandella. Join the eccentric hosts Steve Oram (Steve Coogan support) and Tom Meeten (Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy), with some special guests as they treat you to a rock opera, the club initiation ceremony, a beauty contest and much more...
Thursday 12th April
The Humble Quest for Universal Genius @ Leicester Square Theatre Lounge
This ridiculous cult quiz (described as the bastard child of QI and Shooting Stars) show sees comedian Mark Allen pit top comics against each other in a bid to find a modern-day 'Universal Genius.' April's Quest sees members of multi-award-winning sketch group Pappy's compete against each other. To decide who will be anointed with the coveted Universal Genius mortarboard, Tom Parry, Ben Clark and Matthew Crosby will battle it out in rounds such as art, maths, languages, etiquette, poetry, wit, literature, inventing and hunting. Yes, hunting.
Thursday 12th-Saturday 14th April
Tony Law: Go @ Soho Theatre
Surreal Canadian Tony Law presents his critically-acclaimed Edinburgh 2011 show, an hour of off-the-wall, award-winning, boundary-defying stand-up comedy. Includes, amongst other things, a touching tribute to Gok Wan; special mood lighting; an interview with an evil banker; pandas; some xenophobia to accommodate popular comedy tastes and an analysis of fashionable paedophile haircuts.
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