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

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Greg Davies brings his gift for the deranged to a sitcom so loaded with childish eccentricity, it practically bludgeons us into 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.

In 2007 Davies was nominated three times in the Chortle Awards, in the categories "Breakthrough Act" (for his solo stand-up act), "Best Sketch, Variety or Character Act", and "Best Full-Length Show" (both as part of sketch team We Are Klang). [11]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. 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] Experience the critically acclaimed comedian at his best, live on stage. Stung by his mother’s suggestion that he is “not normal” GREG puts everyone under the microscope in a petty quest to discover if anyone actually is. The analysis is far from scientific and the conclusions, at best, spurious. To be clear, as an educational tool this show is worthless. It is funny though.

Wilson, Benji (10 September 2021). "The Cleaner, review: Greg Davies's crime-scene sitcom is gruesomely enjoyable". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 October 2021. Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 nominations". Archived from the original on 19 September 2010 . Retrieved 10 June 2017. Davies himself doesn’t shy away from similarly ikky ground, and his stories can be charmingly horrific as he sugars the pill with his easy-going charisma. That also gets him over some bumps in the show around the three-quarters mark where the stories don’t quite hang together perfectly, although they remain very funny. 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. Davies is an outstanding storyteller, and while the writing is tight, his delivery has a loose confessional air. He seems genuinely excited to be brining the audience into his confidence, like close mates, even starting off by confessing to problems with his undergarments this evening. The cynic might wonder if he says this every night, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it.Laws, Roz (8 April 2011). "Tall tales with king of comedy Greg Davies". Business Live . Retrieved 11 March 2020. Wilson, Chris (15 June 2013). "Heights of success". The Stage. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 26 July 2013.

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…). Thankfully, though, those 44 years of not being normal – he’s not entirely changed his behaviour as he’s become what could laughably be called an adult – has given him a hugely fertile seam of stupid anecdotes, which he exploits to magnificent effect. Although the supporting act was good, I felt, we as an audience were left waiting a long time for the show to start. I went with three others and we had decided to go for a drink and meal before the show, which made us late for the doors opening at 7, but we knew the doors to the actual auditorium would not open till about half past. However even with our being late we sat for around half an hour before the supporting act was introduced and then again sat waiting for another half an hour till 9 for Greg himself to come on. We felt a little short changed when we were waiting but as soon as the show started we shook off the slight disappointment.Richardson, Jay (28 November 2017). "Greg Davies tapes Netflix special". Chortle.co.uk . Retrieved 11 March 2020. It takes childish glee in its absurdities, which include Rik Mayall as his certifiable father, and delivers some nice sight gags”

Davies is noted for his height, standing 6ft 8in (2.03m) tall. [28] [29] He lives in the Kennington area of London. [30] He was in a relationship with Labour Party politician Liz Kendall from 2007 to 2015. [5] [31] Comedy specials [ edit ] YearIt turns out that it refers to the last thing the young Davies would see after being chastised for his odd behaviour. ‘It’s not normal, love,’ his mild-mannered mum would say, turning on her heels and walking off in exasperation. He over-eggs a reconstruction of a phone call between himself and his mother that shows their contrasting views on life, but it does come with a great punchline, courtesy of Davies’s ebullient father, who fans will remember from the previous show. Davies Snr makes a couple of appearances here, perhaps to recalibrate the meter of ‘normal behaviour’ and serve as a reminder of where Davies got his eccentricities from, even if watered down over the generation. For the end of the show the objectives promised us a heart warming song and a better world, this was indeed delivered. The Bonsai song as I’m sure it will become known, bought the show together, it starts on a negative foot making us sing ‘I wish I was a Bonsai Tree’ to enforce the message of the show; how sad it is that in adulthood, most of the time we don’t say what is in our mind and the world becomes quite dull and boring without young people. However instead of being depressing the song turns around and then looks at the negatives of being a Bonsai tree, Greg them makes us sing the ‘I’m glad I’m not a Bonsai tree’ . 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. Man Down to go on without Mayall". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014 . Retrieved 10 May 2015.