Direct from his Edinburgh Fringe run this summer, sharp-witted and down to earth stand-up comic ALUN COCHRANE (as seen on BBC ONE’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats and soon to be appearing in two episodes of The Comedy Store on Comedy Central), is to embark on a 49-date national tour between 18th September and 5th December 2010 with his brand new show - Jokes. Life. And Jokes about Life.
ALUN COCHRANE’s show last year showed a comic at the top of his observational comedy game and this year that coming of age ability will be married to, wait for it, JOKES. Proper gags. His favourite new joke is about mittens, but there are also highly enjoyable ones about puppy fat, and piano playing. And if his new jokes don’t float your barge he also has amusing observations and stories about the following; going running, a 3D film, testicles, divorces, that big oil spill, understatements about serious things like ‘that big oil spill’, a banana on a train (this is a different story from the peach on the train one that he did to ENORMOUS SUCCESS on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE). Is ALUN COCHRANE the only comic on the circuit who has more than one fruit-on-a-train story? Probably.
Recently described in a listings magazine as a ‘TV regular’, ALUN feels he is better described as a TV 'occasional’, but those programmes he has done do seem to get repeated quite a lot. Is that because he is so good on them? No. There are just lots of repeats on. Actually he finds panel games difficult because he's often too polite to interrupt other people who clearly want to say what they want much more than he wants to say his thing. Actual TV regulars ALUN can think of are: Richard Hammond, James Martin from Saturday Kitchen (BBC TWO). Every Saturday - regularly. George Allegiah from the News. At the time of writing none of these people have announced a fringe show or regional comedy tour, so you may as well come and see TV's ALUN COCHRANE in his natural habitat, off the TV and on a stage making people laugh. At that he is a real regular.
ALUN will be premiering Jokes. Life. And Jokes about Life, his sixth solo Edinburgh show this August at the Festival Fringe. It follows last year’s acclaimed Alun Cochrane is a daydreamer…(at night) which he subsequently took on a full national tour in 2009.
A full list of tour dates is overleaf.
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What the press has said about: Alun Cochrane is a daydreamer (at night)
“Alun Cochrane is the best, as well as the most natural stand-up I've seen at the Fringe this year. A down-to-earth, 34-year-old Northerner, he's the kind of life-affirming comic, like Frank Skinner and Michael McIntyre, who seems as if he's being funny just by being himself…By the end of the show, some people in the audience literally can't stop laughing. Expect Alun Cochrane to be filling arenas soon.”
Nicholas Barber, The Independent
“He’s yet to get the definitive big break that he deserves (panel show appearances notwithstanding), but is highly rated by peers such as Daniel Kitson, and when you experience his somehow attractively dour view of the world, you’ll see why.”
James Kettle, The Guardian Guide
For more information and press ticket requests, please contact: Fran Cherry or Dan Lloyd.
Tel: 020 7598 7222 Email: franc@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com
ALUN COCHRANE
In high demand on the UK and international comedy circuit, ALUN has appeared on a range of TV and radio shows including Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC TWO), Have I Got News For You (BBC ONE), 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Mock the Week (BBC TWO), Just A Minute and 4 Stands Up (Radio 4) as well as various stand-up spots on Comedy Central. ALUN’s talent extends to radio hosting when 2009 saw his first foray into breakfast show broadcasting with a successful stint on XFM Manchester. In 2004 his debut Edinburgh solo show My Favourite Words in My Best Stories garnered him a handful of four and five star reviews and a Perrier Best Newcomer Award nomination to go alongside the Writer’s Guild Award for Comedy.
WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID ABOUT:
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“A man gently wandering through his daydreams and ponderings may not sound like much of a way to spend an hour, but Alun Cochrane’s ability to make the little things in life a comedy goldmine is phenomenal… Cochrane eases fluidly between one-liners, surreal rants and anecdotes, with his willing audience powering him along with massive laughs. His conversational style is comforting and his links seamless in the relaxed and jovial atmosphere that he has created. The blank and dour expression which he claims is his default setting only adds to the joy of the material.” * * * *
Corry Shaw, Chortle
“His set is controlled but never contrived, a testament to his exquisite timing and filled with prime laugh-out-loud stupid moments, delivered with deadpan surety which only a scathing Glasgow-born, Yorkshire-bred man could. Dreamy.” * * * * *
Mark Robertson, The List
“He has, over the past years, developed a warm, genuine style of performance which tends to leave audiences happy to indulge him in whatever erratic and silly manner his mind happens to be wandering off in. Everyone likes to daydream; Alun Cochrane just happens to be better at it than most.”
David Stevenson, Fest
“A lot of very funny, sharply-observed material, all linked smoothly and with a great awareness of and relationship with the audience. Although he portrays himself as a bit of a waster, Cochrane is a craftsman both in the writing and in the delivery of his material and is well worth seeing live.” * * * * *
David Chadderton, The British Theatre Guide
“An hour with Alun Cochrane is an unpretentious joy, full of sublime phrasing and flights of fancy… make sure this is on your list.” * * * *
Paul Fleckney, London Is Funny
“A hugely likeable performer on the cusp of comic ubiquity.”
Chris Williams, Fest
Other things the press has said about Alun Cochrane
“A lot of people do observational comedy but you need a Jerry Seinfeld kind of eye for the details of life combined with a warm enough personality to pull the audience into your world to be really good at it. Alun has both of these essential qualities in spades.”
John Nicholson, Mirror
“Proper, real, funny-from-the-heart comedy”
Frank Skinner, Absolute Radio
“A master storyteller, holding the audience before dropping an exploding but simple punchline.”
Tamsin Curry, Metro
“Alun Cochrane will always be a daydreamer, in particular concocting schemes to assassinate animals… his amiable stage-manner has been honed to near-perfection [and] allied to some top-notch material.”
Brian Donaldson, List
“It’s only a matter of time before this self-deprecating, sharp-witted and hugely likeable master-comedian takes his well-deserved turn in the spotlight.”
Tim Arthur, Time Out
TOUR DATES
September
Saturday 18th WARRINGTON,The Pyramid 01925 442345
Sunday 19th HULL Truck Theatre 01482 323 638
Monday 20th MANCHESTER Comedy Store 0844 826 0001
Friday 24th DONCASTER Dome 01302 370 777
Saturday 25th LANCASTER Grand 01524 64695
Thursday 30th LONDON Soho Theatre 0207 478 0100
October
Friday 1st LONDON Soho Theatre 0207 478 0100
Saturday 2nd LONDON Soho Theatre 0207 478 0100
Sunday 3rd YORK Hyena 08707 583 219
Monday 4th LONDON Soho Theatre 0207 478 0100
Tuesday 5th LONDON Soho Theatre 0207 478 0100
Sunday 10th NOTTINGHAM Glee Club 0871 472 0400
Monday 11th SHEFFIELD Comedy Festival, The Lescar 0114 278 9789
Tuesday 12th HARROGATE Theatre 01423 502 116
Wednesday 13th CARDIFF Glee 0871 472 0400
Thursday 14th OXFORD Glee 0871 472 0400
Friday 15th PERTH Birnam Institute 01350 727 674
Saturday 16th SALTBURN Community Theatre, Hilarity Bites 01287 624 997
Sunday 17th DARLINGTON Hilarity Bites 01325 381 238
Thursday 21st BRIGHTON Corn Exchange 01273 709 709
Wednesday 27th BIRMINGHAM Glee 0871 472 0400
Thursday 28th BATH Ustinov Studio 01225 448 844
Friday 29th BRISTOL Comedy Box 0117 902 0344
Saturday 30th BRISTOL Comedy Box 0117 902 0344
November
Wednesday 3rd TONBRIDGE E.M. Forster Theatre 01732 304 241
Thursday 4th DERBY Assembly Rooms 01332 255 800
Friday 5th NEWBURY Corn Exchange 01635 522 733
Saturday 6th DURHAM Gala Theatre 0191 332 4041
Sunday 7th EPSOM Playhouse 01372 742 555/ 742 227
Wednesday 10th ABERDEEN Lemon Tree 01224 641 122
Thursday 11th INVERNESS Ironworks 0871 789 4173
Friday 12th FIFE Carnegie Hall 01383 602 302
Sunday 14th EDINBURGH The Stand 0131 558 7272
Monday 15th GLASGOW The Stand 0844 335 8879
Wednesday 17th LEEDS Library 0113 244 0794
Thursday 18th STOCKTON ON TEES ARC 01642 525199
Friday 19th SALFORD Quays 0843 208 6000
Saturday 20th BARNSLEY The Civic 0845 1800 363
Sunday 21st CHELTENHAM Town Hall Pillar Room0844 576 2210
Monday 22nd WOLVERHAMPTON Slade Rooms 0870 320 7000
Tuesday 23rd NORWICH Arts 01603 660 352
Thursday 25th ALDERSHOT West End Centre 01252 330 040
Friday 26th CAMBRIDGE Junction 01223 511 511
Saturday 27th FOLKESTONE Quarter House 01303 858 500
Sunday 28th BERWICK UPON TWEED Maltings Theatre 01289 330 999
Wednesday 1st BRADFORD Alhambra 01274 432 000
Friday 3rd DIDCOT Cornerstone 01235 515 144
Saturday 4th COLCHESTER Arts Centre 01206 500 900
Sunday 5th WARWICK Arts Centre 024 7652 4524
