Comic Paul Foot brings new show to Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn

Paul Foot will star with his all new show 'Tis a Pity She's a Piglet, which was two years in the making.

Theatre Severn spokesman Craig Reeves said: "Professor Ketchup and his camembert piglet will join forces as Paul tackles the big issues such as terrorism, plus Ant 'n' Dec, immigration, X Factor and breakfast."

Foot is is a BBC New Comedy Award and Daily Telegraph Open Mike winner

He has been nominated twice for a Barry at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was voted Best of The Fest and Best International Act at the 2013 Sydney and Perth Comedy Festivals respectively.

Recent TV and radio appearances include The Infinite Monkey Cage (BBC Radio 4), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2), Would I Lie To You (BBC 1), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), If Katie Hopkins Ruled The World (TLC) and The Morning After (NBC).

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He has also featured on Set List (Sky Atlantic), Christmas Pub Quiz (ABC Australia), The Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central), Spicks 'n' Specks (ABC Australia) Melbourne Festival Gala and The Great Debate (Channel 10 Australia),Funny As Hell (HBO Canada).

In the USA Paul was a finalist on Series 6 of NBC's Last Comic Standing.

His new show won rave reviews at Edinburgh Festival and comedy writer Tom Crosby awarded it a four-star rating.

Mr Crosby said: "Despite the apparent lack of form and direction to the material, it is at heart keenly written surreal abstractions from observational tirades.

"He pulls apart school, marriage and other more base topics in a fashion only he could achieve.

"Half the humour is just him; the aura he creates and the inherent comedy that oozes from his presence.

"It's conceptual ultimately, the ability to mine something totally new and expected through the prism of a loud, almost obnoxious and somewhat vulnerable, stage persona.

"A thing almost unique to him.

"Being less reliant on the crowd work and milking individual scenarios this year, Foot has regained the control his wayward stage voice demands."

By Andy Richardson