A tale of comedy, Covid, cancer and some complete and utter c***s!

At the end of 2019 Simon broke up with his girlfriend and embarked on a journey that would change his life. He decided to try his hand at stand up comedy. He fell in love with telling dumb jokes to people in dark pubs and decided nothing would stop him in his goal to become a comic. Nothing except a global pandemic!

Post lockdown Simon returned to comedy, only for his world to be rocked by a cancer diagnosis. The last few years have been the most intense ups and downs of his life but he wouldn’t change them for the world. So join Simon as he takes you through the rollercoaster of his short comedic life.

“A genuinely funny bloke.” Geoff Norcott

“A great MC, he makes the room so easy to play.” Aideen McQueen.

August 7, 2024    The Scotsman

Blending well-honed observations and assured personal storytelling, Simon Hall's handling of the big topics of love and cancer is capably done. A former teacher, with a sideline in poetically reimagining fairytales, his booming voice and long, flowing locks afford this relatively new act an intermittent aura of authority and vulnerability, not a bad couple of modes for the tales he's imparting. A vegan and bisexual, he asserts his moral and progressive superiority with confidence, even if he knows precisely when to undercut himself. Pitched back into dating after his long-term relationship ended, with fascinated horror he explores the modern phenomenon of “dick pics”, projecting such crimes into more serious police scenarios in a way that's daft rather than dark. The abiding memory of his hour though, is a bittersweet account of falling head over heels in love again but then finding his partner's cancerous growth. Related with sensitivity but deft humour, it culminates in a superb routine about desire and consent that Hall takes you right into the bed for, a comedy of manners but with some of the highest stakes conceivable. Inspiring his carpe diem move to London and pursuing stand-up, a postscript about him compering a pretentious music festival feels lightweight by comparison, yet this remains a solid debut.

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