Daniel Kitson-LBT Huddersfield

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Forgot all about this with the play off stuff. Looking back maybe the champion’s league final was not the stifled and tense cheat fest I thought it would be. Anyway, decided to go down to the local theatre in town instead to see local boy (He’s from Denby Dale) Daniel Kitson. He of Phoenix nights” Lets get ready to rumble” DJ fame Anyone thinking they were going to see a show of a similar ilk will have been disappointed. Daniel Kitson is much more than a bit part comedy actor. He is a superb comedian and raconteur. One of my favourites anyhow.

No interval no support just 105 minutes of intense, passionate comedy. Comedy is such multi faceted art. Sometimes the lines between pathos, violence, anger and absurdity are non existent. Throw in a bucketful of existentialist life affirming observation and analysis and it could find itself in the unpleasent land of the preacher. Daniel Kitson is all this and on paper he treads a fine line between comedy and columnist. Thankfully its on the stage not paper where he delivers a perfect night of laughs and thought provoking social commentary. In his own words he occupies the space between wanting the cheese but not wanting the nightmares

Maybe its his ever so slight speech impediment that stops him or hopefully his own refusal to get drawn in to the panel show gravy train that makes him comparatively unknown in the mainstream. In some ways it’s a shame because I think the country needs a comedian like him. There are too many angry comedians (nothing wrong with an angry comedian though) who incite nothing but rage and cynicism (again nothing wrong with that). In many ways Daniel Kitson is more dangerous than that.

As he puts it.” Saying the world needs to change is different to saying, I want to change the world”. If enough people thought like he did the world would undoubtedly change and very much for the better.

kaydubya

Great review.

One of my mates saw him the other year and has been raving about him ever since, I only ever hear great stuff about him.

Realy should make the effort to go see him.

TopMan

Great comedian. When he won Edinburgh way back, I was expecting a great tidal wave of exposure to occur but instead he just 'dissappeared'. Seems to operate well below the radar with an appearance on Phoenix Nights, the most high profile thing he did.

DavidHarveysMonkey

I agree, we had a big thread in praise of him BTC before the crash. He sent me out of the audience at his London show and made me sit on the steps, it was very funny and an honor to be humiliated by someone in such fine form.

WortleyLS12

Agree with all of this. I saw him last year in that little room round the back of Sheffield City Hall and he was brilliant. He had me in tears, both laughter and sadness, and left me mulling over a few things he'd said for days after. I'd def go see him again.