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Matt
Welcome started life as a fertilised egg in his mother’s womb.
He was born in a one way cul-de-sac a stone’s
throw away from the wrong side of the tracks on the edge of the outskirts of
a one horse town with no name
More recently Matt took a bit of time off
from the comedy circuit to ‘find himself’ and the ‘catch up
on his reminiscing’, “I thought I saw myself in Brent Cross shoping
centre once but I wasn’t sure so I just kept walking, funny really after
3 years of searching for myself it turned out I’d been sitting in front
of the telly drinking beer the whole time, I guess people are just like keys,
always in the last place you look”
Matt's act started with what looked like it might be a card trick, even going so far as asking audience members to verify that it was, in fact, a real pack of cards.
As he finally threw the cards on the floor with very little comedy value, I wondered if it was simply a time-filler to mask a weak set!
However, how wrong I was – Matt quickly launched into a fast paced set of fantastic comedy observations and sarcastic ramblings.
His whole set was excellently crafted and he never stepped a foot wrong, delivering every line perfectly in what was undoubtedly a well-rehearsed act.
Suave
and sarcastic, his ability to play with the simplest of phrases and
have you thinking why you'd never thought of it, make him one of the
UK's cleverest and slickest comedians. "Brutally
cool humour"
What's On Magazine.
Matt's
experience shines through his set like a floodlight, giving him a charismatic
and confident air unmatched by almost any other stand-up working the
circuit.
His material is seemingly conversational, but the gags
are all tucked away in there, jumping out at you with a sure steady pace.
Sharp
sarcasm and acute observations shape the style of his set, but all manner
of comedic verbal misdirection is present. By Ira Rainey (BBC Bristol)