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"hovers between insanity and brilliance" The Sunday Times

“You won’t see many comedy shows that actually exert g-force. But if you’re a passion junkie like me, there is no better place to get your fix than from Phil Nichol… exhilarating, incredibly funny and clever.” ***** The Scotsman

"A genius of a show". ***** The Herald

"Delightfully shocking and hilarious at the same time" Hairline

"Watching this stand-up on stage feels, in the most wonderful way possible, how the inhabitants of Java felt when Krakatoa erupted; This is body, heart and soul humour." ***** The Scotsman


"Occasionally offensive, always foul-mouthed and above all funny" Evening News

"You could power a small market town from this performance. Add that to storytelling nous, stagecraft surprises and a brazen disregard for personal dignity and you've got a shameless shaggy dog story to warm the cockles of the heart." ***** The Times

"This is comedy at its most eye-popping, synapse-fizzing, moral majority baiting, manic" The Guardian

“This show is awesome, pin-you-in-your-seats stuff. Nichol has the kind of firepower onstage that would make a visit from the UN Weapons Inspectorate perfectly understandable. This is body, heart and soul humour” Kate Copstick

“A Canadian Demetri Martin only with dirtier jokes and better guitar playing” The Scotsman

“An utterly engaging, heartfelt and often hilarious hour” ***** Metro

“Nichol’s thermonuclear stage presence is so intense as to elude description. Give him any room and any crowd and he’ll win them over. You see Phil Nichol is not demented. He’s just outstandingly good at what he does” *****The List

“Infectious joy” Scotland On Sunday

“Great entertainment” Fest

“A great stand-up show: themed, engaging, expertly performed and most of all funny…an hour of engaging, high-octane comedy storytelling guaranteed to entertain.” ***** Chortle

“Springing like a wound up squirrel from the woods of his ridiculous imagination, Nichol's performance is an all- singing, all-bouncing, all-paper folding ode to the joys of Being Silly. This shockingly talented, breathlessly versatile performer could render the Financial Times a frothing tsunami of fun.” ***** Metro

"Maybe he's just a comic genius who can take old crap and transform it into something jaw-achingly funny." ***** The List

“Go grab yourself a ticket for an hour of spanking humour.” ***** Broadwaybaby.com

"It's good and he's lovely" The Sunday Times

"explosively abrasive and buttock clenchingly funny as ever... amazingly rabidly good, just go and see him." ***** 3 weeks

"a mixture of boisterous zeal and misguided enthusiasm." ***** The Scotsman

"it's fast, fun and a rollicking good time." ***** Edinburgh Evening News


“The face of an angel the tongue of a whore and the energy of a toddler on an Iron–Bru binge.” The Times

“The craziest and sharpest on the fringe” The Guardian

“ Bust a gut to catch Phil’s side splitters” The Herald

“ Go now demand admittance.” The List

***** Chortle

“ A stream of inspired lunacy, a roller coaster ride, full of violent, unexpected twists and delivered at breakneck pace.” The Stage

“Phil Nichol is one of the most talented actors I have ever seen extremely funny a genuine star.” Evening News

“Skipping nimbly back and forth across the line that divides comedy and dementia”. The Scotsman

“If you can understand English and you are allowed out of the house alone you have no excuse to miss this show.” Three Weeks

“Compelling you’d be barmy to miss him.” The Herald

"Nichol is awesomely good, bringing danger with him to the stage like a young Jack Nicholson........There can be no more powerful, charismatic or memorable performance than Nichol's Jerry on a stage this August. Watching him is like watching a trapeze artist fly with no net. This production is really good. Nichol is special." ***** Scotsman

"You won't see finer acting on the Fringe - and you won't get a ticket if you don't book now before the word on this one gets out." Daily Mail

" A great way to start a day at the Fringe, its a double espresso of a show: brief, jolting, energising and enough to keep your brain ticking over for hours afterwards." ***** Metro

"Canadian Phil Nichol as the racist, blue-collar yob is a revelation. He is perfect as the swaggering wise guy and his vitriolic rant about "these people" has such power it stops the show" The Daily Telegraph


"The piece isn't only gripping: it's surprisingly plausible. And that's thanks to comedians such as ... Phil Nichol, the scarily unfunny voice of punitive racism and blue collar fascism" ***** The Times

"The role of tenth juror offers Phil Nichol the most appropriate forum yet for his trademark volcanic rage... Masterson's stand-ups have done Twelve Angry Men justice" The Guardian

"Both Stephen Frost (as juror 3) and Phil Nichol (10) have the sort of powerful roles people kill for, full of highly-charged rhetoric and the chance to really let fly. Both do brilliantly, Nichol's explosive, racist outburst transfixes the audience.......it's a hit, beyond any reasonable doubt" ***** Chortle

"A very fine piece of ensemble theatre" The Stage