Alexis Dubus

Review: Alexis Dubus Versus The World, York

Alexis Dubus Versus The World was very much hit and miss, a mixture of verse, stand-up and improv; verbal and physical comedy.

Seven intriguing spoken word acts to see at the Fringe (Link expired)

It's not highest on the agenda for Fringe-goers, but the audience for spoken word is growing.

A Frenchman's advice for post-Brexit European tourists

Marcel Lucont reveals his top 8 tips for European tourists in a post-Brexit London.

Review: Alexis Dubus

Dubus seems an amiable guy and you could sense the audience willing him on. It was a mildly diverting time, but I only chuckled twice and belly-laughed not at all. He's only appearing twice more at the festival as himself - most of his outings are as his alter-ego, Frenchman Marcel Lucont. His way with accents during this show suggests that could be more of a winner.

Alexis Dubus & Brendon Burns boycotting Adelaide Fringe

International comedians say they are to boycott the world's second largest fringe festival in the face of poor ticket sales, badly behaved audiences and a lack of appreciation of shows with artistic merit.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Alexis Dubus, Cars & Girls

A 55-minute ode to travel and lost love performed entirely in verse, Cars And Girls was recently a hit at Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe and New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Review: Marcel Lucont at Latitude

Alexis Dubus, the man beneath the black rollneck, writes plenty of artful, epigrammic one-liners for his self-centred alter-ago, intolerant of anything that fails to fall outside his narrow focus of how the world should be. And that includes children.

The BBC must've been delighted with the first series of Russell Kane's Live at the Apollo-for-yoofs - a third season is already in production, before the second batch has even aired. The format remains largely unchanged for Live at the Electric 2.0: Kane introduces a mix of character comics and sketch acts with a younger, trendier edge than McIntyre's relatively geriatric affairs.

But, wisely, most of the pre-edited VTs that lead the first series have gone, replaced by greater focus on the 'live' part of the title. Welcome new additions to the line-up include suave French misanthrope Marcel Lucont (the character creation of Alexis Dubus), who dishes out some inventive sex advice, and weirdo Northern Irishman Paul Currie, who silently, and absurdly, recreates the iconic Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter with the help of a monkey puppet and some theatrical gestures.

Not all the skits hit the mark, though. YouTube star Chris Kendall (know as 'Crabstickz' on the interwebs) spoofs Robert Pattinson's Twilight turn about five years too late, and Kane's own The Only Way is Shakespeare sketch has one joke: saying rude words in a thespian tongue. But the rotating cast make this well worth sticking with, and there are some cracking acts to come later in the series.

For sale: Marcel Lucont

The old devil. LiF favourite, condescending French character and quite simply one of the best acts on the circuit, Marcel Lucont (aka Alexis Dubus), could be performing for you, in your front room this July.