Al Pitcher

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Al Pitcher - 2nd October 2010
Doors open 8.30pm - 9.00pm Start. Ticket Price £10.00

"The Al Pitcher Picture Show" - New Zealander Al Pitcher started comedy in 1999, reaching the finals of the So You Think You’re Funny? new talent competition. He then decided to capitalise on his growing reputation – by becoming a vegetable picker in Naas, Ireland. A couple of years later he returned to stand up, making the final of the Daily Telegraph Open Mic awards.

Since then he has become a regular fixture at the UK’s top clubs. In 2004 he made his solo Edinburgh fringe debut, and now has four full-length shows to his name.

He was invited to appear at Montreal’s prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in 2007 and has performed at both the Melbourne and New Zealand comedy festivals.

Pitcher was also the voice of the Fosters Lager commercials, has written for BBC Radio 1 and is an experienced TV warm-up.

‘Pitcher sits firmly in the improvising, rambling, freewheeling comedy camp inhabited by the likes of Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard. However, unlike both of them, Pitcher is one of the best-kept secrets on the comedy scene. He is a diamond as yet not hewn from the circuit rock. But it's only a matter of time’ Time Out 2008

‘Catch him whilst he’s cheap!’ Evening Standard

‘He lives dangerously on stage, taking risks and setting up challenges many would fear to face. For that he deserves the applause he got.’ Theatre Review (NZ)

‘Hilarious…Al Pitcher is my new favourite comedian. He is a huge talent.’ Edfringe.com

‘I was laughing uncontrollably. This very funny man can take you on a journey into the realms of almost insanity without leaving your chair.’
One4Review.com