some reviews- and nothing to do with my opinion at all!

marychain1 13 Oct 15:17
Went to see Steve Coogan last night in the Echo Arena, Liverpool. Think it was the second night of his UK tour. All I can say, is if you've got tickets, try and get your money back or sell them on.

The most terrible live show I have ever seen by any comedian, he completely lost the audience. Many didnt bother coming back for the second half. Pauline and Paul Calf, Duncan Thicket, Saxondale and Alan Partridge all made appearances, but the jokes were tired, the mikes kept breaking, he forgot his lines, and mucked up jokes. The interim acts between characters were truly dreadful and the Thomas More play, written, starring and directed by Alan Partridge was shockingly unfunny. And the "Everyone's a bit of a **** sometimes" song at the end was very poor.

Throughout the second half of the performance people were piling out, and many werent shy about making their feelings known. One bloke who shouted "This is cabbages shyte Steve" as he and his mates left got the biggest laugh of the night. I left right at the end, didnt bother to stay and clap, and the programme sellers got a right mouthful from the ****** off and departing crowd. ?30 to watch that crap. Jesus.

Can't Catch Me 13 Oct 15:43
My mates who went last night said the same too... such a shame as some of the live shows a few years back were different class.

Schluck, du Luder! 13 Oct 16:02
i've heard the same, ah well at least i've got tickets at the back. Sunshine was also ******, just shows what the white stuff and a succession of god awful yanks films can do to a career.

mupt 13 Oct 18:38
i saw coogan at oxford - agree with comments so far.

he was reading the lines from cue cards for most characters.

partridge was good as was thicket. the rest was doughnuts.

thomas more was just not partridge, even though it was meant to be.

coogan is (has been) alot funnier - he seemed to have a go at the press with his last song. partridge even seemed to snap at the "Aha" catch phrase - coogan shouted back "AHA, AHA, AHA - there you go - you think that's funny!!?"

Peacesmissingchequebook 13 Oct 18:38
A mate of mine went to Stoke to see him and said he was absolutely dire.

Peacesmissingchequebook 13 Oct 18:43
My mate sat on the front row and said he could see him reading lines that he'd written on his hand.

"I want that night of my life back" was his comment.

crystalhunt 13 Oct 18:59
Very poor review in tonight's Liverpool Echo 5/10. He's on again tonight in Liverpool - bet he's rewriting the show right now. After what I've read today I feel sorry for those who are going.

entropy69 13 Oct 19:43
weny to his first night in stoke. agree with the OP i'm afraid. big disappointment.

theresbeenagoal 14 Oct 00:28
abysmal. bear in mind i always stay to the end of everton's most shocking performances (alright, i wanted to get out early in bucarest but the commie ******** didn't let me), but we shot out at half time tonight

chrisbfc 14 Oct 11:26
we went on Sunday at the Echo Arena(as fans of some of his characters)looking forward to a good night ,we left just before the Moore play cos we couldnt take any more,Alan Partridge was the highlight and i can only describe him as pish poor,we drove home not believing what we had just witnessed.One thing i can say is that the change of costume interludes where the most embarrassing piece of stage we have ever seen,how could they have rehearsed this rubbish and thought it was good enough is beyond me,like people have stated before if you can get a refund do,it really is not worth wasting 2 hours of your life.

tell me tomorrow how good it was

Posted By: SCC 28 on October 20th 2008 at 16:29:33

Message Thread

What are you doing tonight? Watching Peter Thorne and Paul Heckinbottom (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:14:54
- Going to see ALAN PARTRIDGE (NCFC) - lurd, Oct 20, 16:20:50
  - please give us reviews (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 20, 16:38:29
  - LIQUID FOOTBALL (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:24:24
  - Moi aussi (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Oct 20, 16:23:26
  - Sorry to burst your bubble, lurd, but he isn't real. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 16:22:49
    - To be fair he is as real as any other work of fiction you may see in a theatre.. (NCFC) - lurd, Oct 20, 16:24:06
      - He was real. But he's dead. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 16:24:45
    - The show is called "Alan Partridge (and other less successful characters)" which I quite l (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 20, 16:23:51
      - I've heard you like doing that though (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:25:19
  - coogan's stage show? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:22:21
    - sorry to be the bearer of bad news (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:24:25
      - I've never seen him (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 20, 16:28:50
      - To be fair, I've seen enough of your opinions on here to not listen. (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Oct 20, 16:25:30
        
        some reviews- and nothing to do with my opinion at all! (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:29:33
        
        ps fucking gets replaced by cabbages on betfair lol (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:30:34
        
        Unlike you to take huge delight in something negative (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:34:29
        
        how am i taking delight ffs (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:36:18
        
        Or realised that another user (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:40:46
        
        He was showing that it wasn't his opinion (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 20, 16:42:25
        
        There are other reviews to the contrary though (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:45:25
        
        That's good to hear (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 20, 16:47:37
        
        perhaps because we've only heard the bad ones (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:48:42
        
        Nah, people prefer to whinge. Those that enjoyed it are less likley to review it (NCFC) - megson, Oct 20, 16:51:39
        
        Haha, I saw one of my fav bands ever last week (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 17:03:26
        
        could the early shows have been enjoyable (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:58:09
        
        er that was more to Lurds 'only heard the bad ones' to be honest. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 20, 17:02:56
        
        i was passing on reviews LOL (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:42:04
        
        i'm also going... (NCFC) - Rofl_Harris, Oct 20, 16:51:36
        
        From what i've read, the first few shows were a bit rubbish. (NCFC) - lurd, Oct 20, 16:40:43
        
        As if coogan hadn't done a show for 10 years or summit? (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:42:49
        
        that's no use to those who went to the early show though (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 20, 16:44:10
        
        cool, hope it's good (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:41:23
        
        i like that, FAO Ben, can we have this sort of thing here please? (NCFC) - blindasabat, Oct 20, 16:33:12
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 16:33:32
      - selwyn's been then? (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 20, 16:25:12
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 20, 16:25:36
- I hate Setanta (n/m) (NCFC) - Flying Canary, Oct 20, 16:16:00

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