Stand-up show in which Andrew O'Neill runs the history of punk from the Stooges to Pussy Riot, part of the Hull Comedy Festival.
Andrew O'Neill brings The History of Punk to Polar Bear Music Club on Thursday 5 November, as part of the Hull Comedy Festival. It's a full-volume love letter to punk, and O'Neill is the one leading it — he's a cult comedian, musician and best-selling writer, and this is his follow-up to A History Of Heavy Metal.
He describes himself as a psychedelic non-binary whirlwind, and the show lives up to that. He mixes surrealism, polemic and stagecraft into counter-cultural stand-up that runs through the history of the movement from the Stooges to Pussy Riot, all held together by a 'punk-isn't-dead' spirit. It's less a dry lecture and more a live performance that treats the music and the politics as one and the same.
Beyond the comedy, O'Neill has a fair bit of screen time behind him. He's acted opposite Jon Hamm and David Tennant in Good Omens, Steve Coogan in Saxondale, and Tom Burke and Ellie Bamber in Alan Moore's film The Show. Lee Dorrian of Napalm Death called the performance a masterclass, which is a high bar to set for a show about punk.
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It's at Polar Bear Music Club, 229 Spring Bank, HU3 1LR. Doors open at 19:30, with the show starting at 20:00 and running until 22:30. Tickets are £15 plus booking fee.
