Posted 6 years ago by Snizl for Little Theatre
DAVE SPIKEY: JUGGLING ON A MOTORBIKE
Event Dates
7:30pm, Fri Feb 16th
11:00pm, Fri Feb 16th
About this Event
Dave had worked in the NHS for 19 years as a Biomedical Scientist when someone uttered the immortal words: “You’re really funny, you should be a comedian.” Months later he won the talent show Stairway to the Stars with a routine about a juggler on a motorbike.
Fast forward 13 years (Is that possible?) to Friday 13 October 2000 , the day Dave switched off his microscope for good and found himself, the following Monday, sitting on rain swept local car park dressed as a giant berry!! So now in 2017 he celebrates the 30thanniversary of his comedy career.
In this show he will look back on his remarkable life and his incredible journey from working class lad to Chief Biomedical Scientist to much loved comedy performer and writer via Phoenix Nights, Eight out of Ten Cats, Bullseye, Dead Man Weds, Magnolia, The Royal Variety Show, Parkinson and many more.
He often reflects that maybe none of this would have happened and he might still be looking down his microscope today if it wasn’t for the juggler on the motorbike.
“What do you call a comedian with perfect comedy timing? ★★★★★ Public Reviews
“Not only a very funny accomplished comedian, but one of the finest raconteurs around” Time Out
“Spikey’s gags are the stuff of stand-up dreams, his interplay and analysis the basis for clever, laugh-after-every-line comedy.” Leicester Mercury
Fast forward 13 years (Is that possible?) to Friday 13 October 2000 , the day Dave switched off his microscope for good and found himself, the following Monday, sitting on rain swept local car park dressed as a giant berry!! So now in 2017 he celebrates the 30thanniversary of his comedy career.
In this show he will look back on his remarkable life and his incredible journey from working class lad to Chief Biomedical Scientist to much loved comedy performer and writer via Phoenix Nights, Eight out of Ten Cats, Bullseye, Dead Man Weds, Magnolia, The Royal Variety Show, Parkinson and many more.
He often reflects that maybe none of this would have happened and he might still be looking down his microscope today if it wasn’t for the juggler on the motorbike.
“What do you call a comedian with perfect comedy timing? ★★★★★ Public Reviews
“Not only a very funny accomplished comedian, but one of the finest raconteurs around” Time Out
“Spikey’s gags are the stuff of stand-up dreams, his interplay and analysis the basis for clever, laugh-after-every-line comedy.” Leicester Mercury