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Andrew O’Neill

Andrew O’Neill

Alt comedian is slightly amusing but fails to deliver big laughs

(2 stars)14 Aug 2011

The alternative comedian ticks many boxes - vegan, transvestite, metalhead - but unfortunately doesn’t generate enough big laughs to check off ‘funny’. Random bursts of surrealism rely on their suddenness rather than content for humour, and while his…

Andrew O'Neill - Quite possibly the only cross-dressing vegan occultist on the stand-up circuit

Andrew O'Neill - Quite possibly the only cross-dressing vegan occultist on the stand-up circuit

Five things you might not know about the upcoming comedian

12 Jan 2011

1 Quite possibly the only cross-dressing vegan occultist on the stand-up circuit, Andrew O’Neill recently got involved in the Equal Love campaign when he was refused a civil partnership at Camden registry office with Stephanie Munro, an admin manager…

Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill

Comedic view of metal music and culture

(3 stars)23 Aug 2010

If Andrew O'Neill's poster description "occult comedian" suggests an evening of witty witchcraft, that's not what he's serving at this year's Fringe. He's a metalhead, and wears all black clothing (and owns a black beach towel), but he's a long way from…

Andrew O’Neill

Andrew O’Neill

Fast-talking, endlessly informative and inventive

(4 stars)18 Aug 2009

Had Russell Howard spent his upbringing around a ouija board, he may have turned out a lot like Andrew O’Neill. The fast-talking, endlessly informative and inventive Occult Comedian is in fine form delivering reams of spot-on material about his beliefs…

Andrew O?Neill

Andrew O’Neill

A history lesson with bizarre wordplay

(3 stars)21 Aug 2008

With his whimsical garb and gothic make-up, Andrew O’Neill resembles an Edwardian punk, a juxtaposition that extends to a strange little set rife with absurdity. Presented as a mock history lesson about British industry replete with the now-ubiquitous…

Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill

(2 stars)23 Aug 2007

Is Andrew O’Neill rock or folk? He has the heavy metal chains but he also has long hair and black framed glasses. He has a V-shaped guitar, but it’s acoustic instead of electric. More importantly, is this a comedy show or surrealist theatre? The answer…

Andrew O'Neill

(4 stars)8 Aug 2006

Andrew O’Neill’s humour is surreal to the point of being ridiculously silly, which is why grounding it in such a subject is a stroke of genius. He calmly explains why and how he believes that a 13-year-old Winston Churchill was Victorian serial killer…

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