Reviews for Chris’s stand-up shows…

“Anyone who has witnessed the self-deprecating comedic stylings of Chris Gibbs will agree: he’s one of the funniest guys around.”
National Post

“In my humble opinion, Chris Gibbs is quite simply the most solid bang for your comedy buck going.  This Brit-turned-Canuck packs as many big laughs per minute into his hour-and-a-quarter standup show as anyone.
Is it “about something?” Not really. Gibbs talks about Canada, being a British immigrant, his dad’s funeral, and sympathy cards, among other things. He also does some funny balloon animals, performs some improbable acrobatics, and muses over some props he brought along.
On paper that might not sound like a five-star show, but believe me when I tell you – if you ask me “I want to see something funny; what should I see?” … this is the show.
Funny, funny, funny.”
CBC

“Deliberately tentative and twitchy, and darkly gleeful at times, his hand-wringing style and sotto voce asides are comic stand-up gold.”
Toronto Star

“An irresistibly relaxed entertainer who always seems on the verge of laughter. His wit is wildly infectious and he’s a genius with a playful ad-lib.”
Winnipeg Free Press

Chris Gibbs is a transplanted Brit, a talented improviser, acrobat, street performer, actor and comedian who does and says funny things in hilariously self-deprecating fashion. … a tour-de-force presentation of all the man’s talents — bumbling self-mockery, ridiculously clownish physical comedy and an extremely keen observational wit. Don’t miss it.
Uptown, Winnipeg

“How often can lighting and sound problems turn into a hilarious debacle? Pretty much every time British comedian, Chris Gibbs hits the stage. Turning everything that fell in his lap into a joke, Gibbs is to comedy what King Midas was to gold (without the horrible repercussions). With limitless effort and intelligence, Gibbs transforms the room into a laugh filled sanctuary of comedy, making the audience as essential to the plot as the jokes themselves. Whether drawing amusing comparisons between British and Canadian stereotypes or delving into a sketch within a sketch, you’ll be hard pressed not to double over laughing at his antics.”
Winnipeg Sun

“One man, but lots of laughs
When you take your seat at the Varscona Hotel, you’ll notice Chris Gibbs right away. He’s the bulge behind the curtains directly in front of you. It’s his green room, you see. He runs the lights, starts the music and has a self-deprecating, digressive tone that leads you to believe you’re in for an hour of mild comedy that might elicit a chuckle or two. Until it starts to get darker and more awkward, and you find yourself helplessly laughing at horrific anecdotes, disturbing balloon tricks and odd observations that lead to absurd conversational cul-de-sacs.
Gibbs is a born-and-bred native of London, England, now living in Toronto, and he’s got lots to say on topics like accents, inadvertently mocking the homeless, condolence cards and selfhelp books. He does this in such a polite manner that you’re unprepared for the sucker punch behind it, just as you’ll likely be unprepared for the result of his one piece of physical comedy, one that has a sting to it. Often Fringe plays, especially one-man shows, can sag a little in the middle; this one was taut and funny all the way through.”
Edmonton Journal

“Gibbs has the timing of cosmic clock, a subtle comic personality that finds humour in the smallest gesture and a fractured logic that can only come from a brilliant mind.”
Edmonton Sun

“Inevitably, just as you think you’ve figured out the rules of what works, someone like Chris Gibbs shows up and breaks them all…”
The Hour, Montreal