Russell Kane
- 49 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Russell Kane review
As festival opening weekend gigs go, Russell Kane's sold-out show was always going to be a pretty solid bet.
Marianne Gunn, The Herald, 18th March 2014Russell Kane: kill BBC3 and you kill risk-taking comedy
Cutting the BBC's 'home of new comedy' means comics will have fewer opportunities to try and fail - it's an end to experimentalism.
Russell Kane, The Guardian, 7th March 2014Russell Kane: How to deal with being dumped
Russell Kane explains why when breakups occur, men are far worse than women at suddenly being made single.
Russell Kane, GQ, 1st March 2014Interview: Russell Kane on UK tour in 2014 of Smallness
Latest show spins around grand ideas and may be his biggest project to date.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 24th February 2014It seems safe to say the short-lived glory days of the series are already behind us, seemingly in favour of the producers tilting the Hoxton branch of Toni & Guy and employing whoever tumbles out. For those comedy fans who wouldn't know Stewart Lee from Kristen Stewart, Russell Kane discovers that people from different regions of the UK are different, Marcel launches his smut-drenched autobiog and half of Totally Tom embraces his Scottish side in a typically overblown manner. Live at the Appalling, more like.
Mark Jones, The Guardian, 14th February 2014Review: Russell Kane - Smallness, De Montfort Hall
Using witty one-liners, he bounced off the audience, interacting constantly with those who had come to see him.
Yasmin Duffin, Leicester Mercury, 8th February 2014Live at the Electric is neither live nor, I suspect, filmed at 'the Electric', but a studio-bound attempt to recreate the atmosphere of a late-night comedy club. It mixes stand-up, filmed excerpts, sketches, musical turns and character comedy, with the occasional Muppet Show-inspired glimpse backstage to witness techies exchanging banter.
The quality of the material was very patchy, but no acts outstayed their welcome, the bill was eclectic and the overall impression left was a positive one.
Emcee Russell Kane delivered a caustically funny routine about his late, testosterone-filled father - a man who would shout "wanker!" at any fly with the temerity to land on his dinner - but the show was stolen by Roger Showbusiness, a stage hypnotist too paralysed by nerves to perform. It is an experience many Stage readers will have suffered, but few will have eaten a block of Red Leicester cheese at the same time.
Harry Venning, The Stage, 5th February 2014Russell Kane returns for a third outing of the series filmed in front of a live audience at the fictitious venue. Once again, his stand-up is interspersed with sketches and films from up-and-coming acts, with Totally Tom returning as the inappropriate backstage crew, and Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan launching an unusual anti-smoking product. There are new additions, too, as selected via an open call. Luke McQueen stands out with his attempts to woo his ex with battle rap and James Blunt-alike Alex Smith serenades Middle England.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 10th January 2014Best of 2014: Comedy preview
Previews of Miles Jupp, John Robins, Miranda Hart, Russell Kane, Michael Che and Lee Mack.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 3rd January 2014Russell Kane: Smallness, Milton Keynes Stables, review
Russell Kane's new show will make this one-of-a-kind man of the people a big star, says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 19th November 2013