Jimmy Carr Joke Technician

If you don't mind laughing continuously, this is the show for you

I have now seen my 3rd show of Jimmy Carr on his last 3 tours,

Joke Technician

Rapier Wit

Laughter Therapy

And i have to say he has got better and better each time ive seen him. The last one i saw was Sunday 5th December 2010 at Brixton, a late birthday present from my girlfriend. 2 hours of pure laughter infront of an audience of 2300 people.

his jokes are well thought out and very good word play. a pure genius when it comes to stand up comedy.

i would reccommend this to all of my friends, if you like Jimmy Carr on Mock of the week then you'll love him live!!

I got bought the tickets to see Jimmy Carr for my 18th birthday and it was the best present that money can buy. We seats in the second row and it was amazing!!

Jimmy was hillarious and after the show we got autographs and a few pictures and Jimmy was really funny, suprising nice and very down to earth!

Alot of the jokes would be offensive but it is so funny that nobody has time to take offence because they are too busy laughing.

After the show there were groups of people waiting for Jimmy and i didn't hear one bad word said about him!!

It was truly amazing, very funny and it is a very open show where you can ask him LITERALLY any question you like.

I would recommend going to see Jimmy Carr and i think 20quid a ticket is a bargain for such a legend!!!

I thought Jimmy Carr Joke Technician was full of appalling language and adult jokes..

If you like Jimmy on the TV it is unlikely this is for you...if the late Bernard Manning is your bag, grab a ticket!

Jimmy Carr - Joke Technician - Halifax Victoria Theatre, 6 October 2008 - The only "entertainers" I've previously heard described as "technicians" are drummers, so it is somewhat appropriate that "Joke Technician" is applied to Jimmy Carr's latest 240bpm stage show.

It seems a strange thing to say but, in a comedy sea of meandering observational comics and satirists, Carr's one- and two-liners are a breath of fresh air; set 'em up, knock 'em down jokes which you can repeat in the pub after half a dozen Stellas. If you dare.

He's been compared to the late, great Bob Monkhouse but I'd offer a, perhaps, slightly less eminent comparator. Carr, in the spirit of "The Comedians", is a latter day Frank Carson; it's the way he tells 'em.

Oh, and tell 'em he does. Nothing longer than 10 seconds or so; joke-laugh-joke-laugh-lather-rinse-repeat. Some material hits the spot, some hits a nerve; anything that misses is quickly forgotten as another line, then another, then another hit home.

Props are minimal - a Powerpoint presentation, an (unused in this performance) piano and a few clipboards.

Material is fresh (a few old favourite lines thrown in, but largely new) and topical (a show in Halifax in the current financial climate? An opportunity not to be missed).

Hecklers are dealt with stylishly or dismissively, depending on the quality of the heckling (the acknowledgement of the "caravanning" woman was a nice touch, the interaction with the HBoS IT guy was great. Why is there always an IT guy on the front row?)

A great crowd (well done, Halifax) and a performer feeding off them made for an excellent show - Carr even hosted a line-up (oo-er, missus!) in the Foyer afterwards, signing programmes, tickets and (probably) body parts for anyone who cared to wait.

He might still have the most punchable face in British comedy, but there's a thoroughly good bloke behind it.