Craig Campbell, exuberant and larger-than-life Canadian, has extended his 50-date ‘Thrilling Mic Hunt’ tour and brings his belly-achingly hilarious show to Comedy Hall on 7th June.
The long-haired and bearded ‘Grizzly Adams of stand-up’ describes his show as: “An hour of tall tales in a small dark room with l’il ol’ moi! Tolstoy this is not, it’s vintage Campbell, bold and brash with a dash of sass.”
And Craig can’t wait to return. He told us:
“Looking forward to returning to the TCAT in June as it’s always nice to perform 12 miles from my feathery bed (well, it has feathers in it anyway…) and in a venue with indoor toilets.
“As former compare for the room’s previous monthly format, I’m chomping at the bit (actually wearing one) to unleash my current tour show containing many Devon-based stories upon the best audience in the West!”
Campbell’s appearance may be the epitome of Canadian lumberjack machismo but the point of his side-splitting anecdotes seems to be to prove how often he fails to live up to his wild-bearded image. For instance he seems terrified of ducks – the show features a fantastic slapstick routine with an ‘attack duck’ − and cannot surf without making a fool of himself.
A masterful and inventive storyteller, his high octane performances are littered with eccentric travel tales of motorbiking and mountain climbing, stories of his own humiliation and gentle fun-poking at his fellow Canadians, whom he dubs ‘a nation of ninnies’.
Campbell was a regular on Canadian TV before he moved to Britain. He began his British comedy career with The Dinks in an Edinburgh fringe show back in 2003 which led to an invitation to perform in the Best of Edinburgh programme in New York. Since then he’s been the support act on Frankie Boyle’s last two sell-out national tours, as well as appearing on ‘Dave’s One Night Stand’ (DAVE), ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ (BBC Three) and ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ (BBC One). You may also have seen him touring in the critically acclaimed Edinburgh show ‘Return of the Lumberjacks’ alongside fellow Canadians Stewart Francis and Glenn Wool.
He’s planning to perform the world’s highest ever comedy show on Everest next year. Catch him while he’s still close to sea level!
Craig Campbell is at the Comedy Hall in Tiverton on 7th June 2014 at 8.00pm. Click here to buy tickets.
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