Last week I went to see Steve Merchant’s new Stand-Up act in my hometown of Edinburgh, and wrote a write-up for Empire Magazine online. As such, here’s a link to the piece, in case you want to race over there and read it:
So the other night I went to see Stephen Merchant’s stand-up gig Hello Ladies, and it was surprisingly excellent. Now, when I say ‘surprisingly’, this isn’t because I doubt the man’s comedic talent – quite the opposite. Even as someone who openly loves Ricky Gervais, I’m always quick to point out that the lesser-known Merchant deserves an equal share of the credit and praise. After all, while the towering collaborator was crucially co-responsible for Gervais’ best work, such as The Office, Extras, Cemetery Junction and their Podcasts (seek them out), he was tellingly absent from Gerv’s only major misstep, The Invention Of Lying…Continue reading…
