Review: Paul Sinha – Pauly Bengali at Southport Comedy Festival
Maybe it’s the thrill of The Chase that brought fans to see Paul Sinha on stage at Southport Comedy Festival sponsored by Halliwell Jones BMW.
Perhaps it’s the hilarious and sometimes scathingly funny stand up comedy that has won him such rave reviews at The Edinburgh Festival.
Personally – I just wanted to go and see Luton’s most famous celebrity!
Paul Sinha is a supremely talented performer at whatever he’s doing, whether he’s starring on The Chase on ITV, or winning quizzes, or cracking jokes or telling humorous stories.
He trained and worked as a doctor in his early years, before pursuing his dream of stand up comedy.
“Every Bengali gets a medical degree before they do anything else, so they always have something to fall back on,” he said on stage at Victoria Park.
If anyone has any medical conditions but fancies a night out watching comedy then Paul Sinha’s shows are the best bet because there’s always at least one doctor in the house.
Paul Sinha at Southport Comedy Festival. Photo by Andrew Brown Stand Up For Southport
Paul lives with a Parkinson’s condition and he spoke honestly and movingly about its degenerative long-term effects.
But as he showed in Southport, it’s never going to quench the fire within him.
Ever inspiring, Paul is all about what he can do – comedy, musical comedy, quizzing, hula hooping – and never about what he can’t do.
I love following his Twitter posts. He sometimes rails against the brainless tabloid hacks who publish stories such as – ‘Sinha can’t do Strictly because of Parkinson’s’ etc – which are devoid of research, empathy or fact.
The gutter press took a deserved kicking during his routine, as did another comedian who stole part of Paul Sinha’s act (I won’t say who, you’ll have to go and see his show).
There were great stories, comedic songs, funny gags – lots to entertain the audience.
A bonus too was that Paul Sinha introduced everyone to his support act, the funniest act to emerge from Newcastle since Ant and Dec.
Gavin Webster was laugh-out-loud brilliant, some superb gags in his set, and someone I’d love to see on stage again.
Paul Sinha – Pauly Bengali is another great show from the ever brilliant Paul Sinha, a comedic talent who continues to shine bright.
He’ll bag the Luton Christmas Lights Switch On gig one day.
- To see more shows at the 2023 Southport Comedy Festival please visit: southportcomedyfestival.com
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