Gits & Shiggles Comedy: John Robins (Work In Progress)
John Robins (Work In Progress)
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm
Gits and Shiggles is one of London's best comedy nights, organising events throughout the capital as well as their bi-monthly residency at The Half Moon, Putney.
Bringing you the best in emerging, established and alternative stand-up, sketch, musical, character and improv comedy, acts performing at past and future events include Jack Whitehall, Alistair McGowan, Sean Hughes, Josh Widdicombe, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh, Andrew Lawrence, Josh Howie, Loretta Maine, EastEnd Cabaret, Andy Zaltzman, Rich Fulcher, Tom Rosenthal, Mark Little, Piff the Magic Dragon, Pappy's, Humphrey Ker, Dr Brown, Cardinal Burns, Tony Law, The Beta Males, Isy Suttie, Frank Sanazi, Wit Tank, Norman Lovett, Alex Horne, Adam Bloom, Ava Vidal, Lucy Porter, Patrick Monahan, Jigsaw, Jay Foreman, Daniel Simonsen, Stephen Carlin and Bridget Christie.
"Awesome comedy night... If you haven't been yet, go. They've got chairs and everything" - Rich Fulcher, The Mighty Boosh
"Ace line-ups picked by true comedy connoisseurs" - Time Out
Line Up
Comedian? Tick. Digital DJ? Er, last time he checked! Author? Those forty complimentary copies don’t store themselves mate! Queen merchandise aficionado? Hang on, let me ask this unofficial candle depicting Freddie Mercury as a c.1820 Bavarian Prince. Digital content pioneer? Well…that’s not for him to say.
Yes, he’s an Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner (formerly The Perrier), Yes he’s a Gold Aria Award Winner (formerly The Sony’s) and yes, he’s one of the leading voices calling to make it illegal for awards to change their sponsor.
But it’s not all awards and trailblazing, John Robins’ CV reads like a who’s who of anyone who's ever presented a short-lived internet search engine based quiz show on UK digital channel Dave.
Alongside friend, comrade and “under-DJ” Elis James, he rewrote the rule book of commercial digital indie radio broadcasting. Having settled key debates such as should you have a waste paper bin in the lounge, whether a crème egg is the perfect weight and shape for throwing and how tall Brian May is, the pair moved to prime time publicly-funded speech-based radio channel BBC 5Live. Every Friday the pair tackle the big issues, like whether people have a printer at home and what’s the weirdest place you’ve done your tax return.
