"Spectacular displays of verbal pyrotechnics ... A confident, splendidly silly and sometimes dazzling show
."Stephanie Merritt, THE OBSERVER
· "He is one of the funniest and hardest-working comedians out there. His material is edgy without going too far, his routines are complex and assured, he's likeable ... and has some of the best gags I've heard."
Matt Brereton, THE SCOTSMAN
· "The man's charms (and they are considerable) lie in his combination of old-fashioned and new styles: he makes entirely plausible jokes in a surrealistic, laddish vein only to undermine them later and take them on to unexpected levels. Antopolski has a neat turn of phrase and a nicely-skewed comedy vision which, while keeping him one step beyond the best of the mainstream, also provide him with oddly seductive powers over his audience."
Hettie Judah, THE TIMES
· "Unforgettable stage presence ... intricately clever observation ... A comedian who will never relax into formulaic gags to satisfy his audience."
Rachel Halliburton, EVENING STANDARD
· "He's plummy but crass, cerebral but goofy and the sparks of genius fly off him like a Catherine wheel."
Nadine McBay, METRO
· "An intriguing hour of intellect-tickling comedy ... Disarmingly improvisational ... unashamedly educated ... the resultant laughs are lacquered with a growing admiration for his innovation, beat-for-beat timing and prophetic puppet-mastery of the crowd."
Graeme Virtue,
SUNDAY HERALD
· "I couldn't help but be impressed. Dozens and dozens of well-honed jokes ... I felt like I was watching someone who'd fully matured as a performer."
Paul MacInnes, THE GUARDIAN
BBC NEW COMEDY AWARD WINNER 1998
· PERRIER BEST NEWCOMER AWARD NOMINEE 2000 (Solo show)
· PERRIER AWARD NOMINEE 2000 (with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate)
· PERRIER AWARD NOMINEE 2001 (Solo show)
· DAVE FUNNIEST JOKE OF THE FRINGE AWARD WINNER 2009
· HONORARY LIFE MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN LAW SOCIETY |