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Saturday 8 November 2025 | 7:30pm
Hockley Emporium
Tickets: £5
Artificially Intelligent Procrastinating Pundit is a comedy show featuring jokes about robots, relationships and religion. It got a 4 star review at Edinburgh Fringe.
Denzil uses pedantry, puns and parodies to ponder the future.
Whimsical Tales jam-packed with One-Liners.
What was the very first dad joke ever told?
What might happen when he dies?
And why does Denzil insist on singing, despite Simon Cowell telling him he couldn't?
Warning: Contains scenes of a sexually incompetent nature.
"The gags arrive thick and fast — Harry Hill–style surrealism meets George Formby–era wordplay, with a dash of schoolyard smart-aleck energy. …
A cleverly chaotic free-hour that ricochets from the sublime to the ridiculous without losing momentum ...
Whether you come for the nerdy deep cuts, the daft conspiracies, or just the sheer velocity of the puns, you'll leave with at least three new jokes lodged in your head — and perhaps a song lingering from his genuine, real-life stint on The X Factor two decades ago.
So much fun. 4**** " Steve H, One4Review
"A truly entertaining hour of comedy packed with sometimes hilarious, sometimes painful dad jokes. Cristo attacks the audience with witty one-liners backed up by genuinely funny concepts" 4/5 Dorian Ralston, Lancaster Evening Post
"A performance full of delightful puns, with sharp writing that rewards close attention" Ram Comedy Festival
"His wit is on point" Figa DJ, BBC Radio Derby
"A real talent for writing great gags" Rockcentral Comedy
"Innovative … Really different set really good." Queens Comedy, Hull
"My jaw aches from laughing" Audience member, Nottingham Comedy Festival
"Genuine and funny, Denzil's love of comedy and passion to make people laugh truly shines through in this show" Audience member, Edinburgh Fringe 2025
"Ludicrously bad" Simon Cowell, The X Factor 2005
AGE RECOMMENDATION: 18+
Comedy Style: One-Liner | Stand Up
| Denzil de Cristo: Artificially Intelligent Procrastinating Pundit, standup show at Nottingham Comedy Festival (8 Nov 2025) | ||
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