Come and join the amazing Nick Revell for his new stand up show/book launch - Portrait Of The Dog As A Young Artist. "Hello, I have a book out. Its an illustrated version of a new solo show, with cartoons by the marvellousMartin Rowson. Its called Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist. I wrote it for the weird and wonderful Laugharne Literary Festival, which I do every year. As you probably know, Laugharne is where Dylan Thomas lived and worked and largely based Under Milk Wood on. The story was conceived as a love-letter to the festival, but despite a few in-jokes, its written to appeal to anyone who likes my stuff. Martins illustrations are fantastic, and as you can see below, Ive had some good feedback" I enjoyed this hugely- very funny and inventivea brilliant mystery tour through the back-alleys of a great comic mind.Andy Hamilton A surreal, fantastical and joyous love letter to Laugharne, Wales via China, Japan, Afghanistan & the V&A. It's as if Nick has written his loving and belly rattling funny genius onto walls which have never stopped echoing the works of Dylan Thomas - and I am here for this time-bent symphony of utter madness.Carys Eleri An utterly beguiling little volume. Brilliant, beautiful and not a little bonkers. The collaboration by the ghosts of Saki, Flann OBrien and Eric Morecambe that the world didnt know it needed. This is just lovely. Unapologetically erudite, unfailingly hilarious and ridiculously charming.James OBrien Nick Revell was the first stand up I saw at the Comedy Store - he was sharp and funny and had wonderful hair- he still does - it looks as good as the day he bought it - he still has remarkable energy for his age - it always delights me to see him about to go on stage, bent over and receiving his energising injection from Dr Buck in his Elixir Van - that elixir is why you have this wonderful piece of work in front of you - it is like an out of body experience of extreme Bibliomania celebrated - it is not a full out of body experience as the last time Nick did that his soul refused to go back into his wretched frame until coaxed in by a cheese triangle - let us celebrate the eccentric ingenuity of the words within and let us raise a glass to Dr Buck for making it all possible. Robin Ince Nick Revell started writing satirical and topical material for BBC Radio and TV in the late 70s on satirical shows like Weekending, The News Huddlines and Not the Nine OClock News. He began his career as stand-up comedian at The Comedy Store in 1980. TV and Radio work as a writer and performer of sitcoms, sketch shows and stand-up includes The Nick Revell Show, Drop the Dead Donkey, The Million Pound Radio Show and most recently BrokenDreamCatcher - sublimely surreal - Gillian Reynolds, Sunday Times so gooduplifting stuff. Miranda Sawyer, Observer He has published two novels, House of the Spirit Levels and Night of the Toxic Ostrich. Credits as a playwright include Love and Other Fairytales, Maybe Some Other Time, and Better than Dead. Solo shows include The Ghost of John Belushi Flushed My Toilet and Liberal Psychotic, which both ran at Hampstead Theatre. He has written material for many other performers including Dave Allen, Rory Bremner, and most recently Tom Walkers alter ego, Jonathan Pie, with whom he has worked on live shows and two series of the award-winning BBC Radio sitcom Call Jonathan Pie in which he plays regular cast member Roger. His third book, Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist is illustrated by the Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson and will was published in March 2025. Awards include International Emmys and BAFTAs for Drop the Dead Donkey, Sony Radio, British Comedy, Writers Guild awards and a Silver Rose of Montreux for various other programmes, and a Perrier Award nomination. He is one of two people who have twice been voted Favourite Act at the Laugharne Literary Festival. (The other one is Patti Smith). He also co-created and produced the topical podcast No Pressure to be Funny, hosted by James OBrien. satirically brilliant Guardian They say you slow down as you get older, but not Revell. Ideas, jokes and endless absurdist flights of fancy seem to pour out of his restless minda master storyteller. Bruce Dessau, Beyond the Joke One of Revells most accomplished skills is his ability to blend reality and fantasy, so that as you hurtle through the verbal rapids you will suddenly ricochet off something and realise that a brilliant political point has just been made, or spin around only to find that you have just been hit with a smart socio-political insight. The hour is a real head rush (no drugs necessary). A master of his craft. Kate Copstick, Scotsman