Nina Conti
- 52 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, ventriloquist and director
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Review: Nina Conti: In Your Face
As she has done so often before, Conti spurns a lot of her artform's conventions.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd March 2016Review: Nina Conti's In Your Face, Criterion Theatre
I take my hat off to Conti's courage - involving a single punter in your act is one thing but being outnumbered four-to-one on stage is a recipe for disaster, a disaster she averts with much in the way of skill and humour. She deserves, though, more than a mere critic's praise.
Franco Milazzo, This Is Cabaret, 1st March 2016Nina Conti, comedy review
Nina Conti blurs the line between between puppet and puppet-meister with her co-star Monkey.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st March 2016Video: Nina Conti on what makes a good ventriloquist
Comedian Nina Conti's new show, In Your Face, sees her use masks to transform audience members into live ventriloquist dummies.
Her original puppet, Monkey, still features heavily in the show but the majority of In Your Face is improvised.
Nina spoke to BBC News about the key ingredients to becoming a successful ventriloquist.
BBC News, 1st March 2016Nina Conti review
The comedian chucks out the art form's creepiness for a thrilling interactive set in which her most essential prop barely features.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st March 2016Review - Nina Conti: In Your Face
In the West End's Criterion Theatre, Nina Conti's ventriloquist act In Your Face is a hilarious mix of deadpan ventriloquism and side splitting audience participation.
Grace Watts, A Younger Theatre, 1st March 2016Nina Conti & Sarah Kendall interview
'I send her rather rude, blunt text messages'
Nick Duerden, The Independent, 20th February 2016First Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale
A total of 18 shows have gone on sale today, also including festival stalwart Absolute Improv! and camp musical Eurobeat, which returns to the Pleasance Grand after nine years. Also among the comics confirming their shows are Nina Conti, Susan Calman, Daniel Sloss, Dr. Phil Hammond and Jimeoin.
Chortle, 28th January 2016Interview: rarely asked questions - Nina Conti
Ventriloquism looks like it is having what you might call its rock and roll moment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th January 2016Nina Conti interview
Nina Conti is never alone. Which is a remarkable thing given the ventriloquist's most famous comedy partner is an acerbic and insouciant monkey who'd rather be atop Hampstead Heath -- "probably reading Proust" -- than onstage.
Ben Venables, Londonist, 8th January 2016