Greg Davies Live: The Back of My Mum's Head [DVD]

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In 2010 Davies' first solo stand-up show Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog was nominated for the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Festival. [12] The show was subsequently taken on his first ever tour the following autumn. [13] He was also nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe's Malcolm Hardee "Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid" Award. [14]

Davies weaves a magnificent web. Fact or fiction, he sells the whole show, frequently leaving you helpless with laughter.” About half way through the show Greg invited two members of the audience to do a short role play with him. One woman would play his mother and reveal where Greg got the idea for this show, and the other would play his dad; there to simply have the last word. The role play’s script worked well as part of the section of the show Greg was playing out, and the fact that in the role play Greg’s mother; after saying something silly begs him not make this conversation part of his show, she goes to great lengths making him promise. i think this part of the role play works so well is because we know what happens after this conversation, we know the greg didn’t only break his promise and put the conversation in his show, he based his entire show around his mum, this conversation being the inspiration. The slide show above shows some of the shaky stills I managed to capture with my camera phone in the hope to demonstrate my thoughts and opinions on the show. a b "Wem's Greg Davies makes it big". Great British Life. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011 . Retrieved 11 March 2020.Also as good as the show was I felt like it wasn’t quite long or developed enough, I think the show could have been improved with a little more audience participation (not just the same 3 people in the front row… by the mic…). a b Saner, Emine (8 April 2011). "Rik Mayall was still a force of nature. His ambition was huge". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 September 2021. Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 nominations". Archived from the original on 19 September 2010 . Retrieved 10 June 2017. All is tied up smartly with a closing song, which sees Gamble return to the stage, in a hilariously humiliating guise. It’s a great conclusion to a uproarious night of anecdotes, told by a real pro, who rather than resting on his TV laurels is cementing his position of one of Britain’s finest storytelling comedians. From 2008 Davies played the head of Sixth Form Mr Gilbert in the E4 comedy The Inbetweeners, and in the two follow-up films The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014).

Laws, Roz (8 April 2011). "Tall tales with king of comedy Greg Davies". Business Live . Retrieved 11 March 2020. In November 2017 Davies recorded a Netflix stand-up comedy special at the Hammersmith Apollo during his Magnificent Beast UK tour. It was released as You Magnificent Beast in 2018. [22] Anyone who enjoys the madcap stand-up routines of Greg Davies will love his new sitcom…it is very funny.” Greg being an ex-teacher started the show with a set of objectives, I thought this was a good way to structure the show, as by revealing parts it added to the audiences excitement and anticipation, the objectives also allowed the audience to see how far through the show we were at any given time, making sure no one could beguin to wonder how long was left. At heart, it’s a brilliant example of a mainstream sitcom… but with a twist and heart of its own. Channel 4 – and Greg Davies – deserve to have a monster hit on their hands”Beattie, Jason (16 May 2015). "North Wales's Greg Davies and Liz Kendall call it a day". Daily Post (North Wales). Archived from the original on 25 September 2019 . Retrieved 25 September 2019.