TAYLOR GRAHAM, DR DAVE WANDLESS
TAYLOR GRAHAM, DR DAVE WANDLESS
Friday
06
September
2024
19:00
19:30
21:30
Breakneck Comedy Club
28 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5AX
Simon Donald, Internationally renowned lavatory humourist and co-founder of Viz Comic, made history alongside his brother and a school friend by turning their playground antics into the notorious sales phenomenon of the late 20th century. Their magazine and its remarkable story is celebrated in Donald’s highly rated autobiography, HIM OFF THE VIZ.Simon has been appearing as a stand-up comedian since 2005. He has written and performed seven Edinburgh Fringe shows. He often appears as a character comic as a number of different outrageous creations. The most popular of these is Barry Twyford, a hapless market research dogsbody whose surveys often pose more questions than they answer.He appears as a compere, both at comedy clubs and events, lectures on the history of Viz Comic to arts and business courses and hosts cartoon workshops for younger students.Simon is a trained actor, in the 1970s he appeared in a number of groundbreaking plays at Newcastle’s Young People’s Theatre, including Alan Plater’s relentlessly cheerless Close the Coalhouse Door.
Dr Dave Wandless is a GP by day and a very funny comedian by night.Dave is a regular host at Breakneck Comedy and as supported top acts such as Craig Campbell, Larry Dean & Fred MacAulay.He started out in 2010 whilst as a medical student. He went to Raymond Mearns' comedy workshops where he was told to "go and get a life" and then come back to comedy.So he did. He became a GP, got married and had two kids. After a 10 year break, he came back to comedy in 2022 where is tells stories of his life as a GP for NHS Grampian.He is now one of the top emerging comedians in the north east. Audiences absolutely love him and his insights into what life is like as a GP is very clever.Extremely funny— The Telegraph— Chortle
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