If you haven’t seen Keith before…
Er… Okay!
Here’s what some festivals have said about him in the last couple of years - ‘The funniest thing to happen to folk music since the banjo!’ ’Keith Donnelly - amazing festival frontman’ ‘Keith is a world-class singer-songwriter’ ‘Keith Donnelly… & wow, what a guitarist!’ ‘Keith is a real family favourite’ ‘ “Mister Festival!” - Keith Donnelly!’ ‘A children’s entertainer par excellence’ ‘Keith Donnelly - the one man festival!’ ‘The funniest Storyteller this side of anywhere…’ ‘Our festival is hosted by Compere Extraordinaire - the one and only Keith Donnelly’ ‘His MCing is the best in the world… any concert or festival he has anything to do with becomes ‘more of a show’ ‘Keith made me laugh so much, I blew an entire cheese sandwich out of my nose!’ (Phil Cool) “I hate quotations!” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) “Only a fool would quote that!” (Keith Donnelly) There really is no-one else like Keith Donnelly. He tells the most fantastic stories! Some of them happen to have tunes and guitar accompaniment [songs!] Most of them are true [at least that’s what he says!] Some of them he makes up [at least that’s what he says!] Most of them are very funny [at least…] Some are very short [jokes!] Some are a bit longer [anecdotes/routines!] Some of them are mainly for youngsters [from 2 to 102!] Some for older audiences [3 and a half to 103 (and a half!) |
If you have seen Keith before…You’ll know that this website can only just scrape the surface of what Keith can [and frequently does!] do.
Keith Donnelly - stand-up comic, fall-down comedian, surreal snigger-songwriter, guitar-hero, performance-artist, [tall] story-teller, philophoser, scriptwriter, [none can] compere, man-of-mystery, inner-childminder, actor, stuntman, metaphysical-poet, human ping-pong ball, life and soul of the [kids] party, world-class athlete, leading socialite, raconteur, business tycoon, wit, author, half-wit, secret[sh!]-agent, [vauxhall] astral-traveller, shamen, geordie-cultural-attache, word-juggler, snake-charmer, underline-dancer,unexpected clairvoyant, dream-weaver, daydream believer, psycho-linguist, shark-wrangler, smile sculptor, [compulsive] lying-tamer, Great-British eccentric, [alleged] international-jewel-thief, hot-dog-skier, alien-abductee, zen grand-master, champion tiddly-winker, sandancer, friend to the pantomime horse, erstwhile slice of bacon, and all-round good egg. ‘I have the best job in the world, I get to reminisce with people I don’t know, about things that never even happened!’ (Keith Donnelly) 
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