"Hilarious parrot-faced twat" Viz
"Davis is good, very good and, as host, held the show together" Daily Mirror
Looking like some bizarre marionette tug-of-love struggle between Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Martin Davis skids and bounces across the stage, strung up and tugged around by unknown forces, firing off a relentless rapid-fire assault that hits every corner of the room and kills 100% of all known hecklers stone dead. Going where mere joke-tellers fear to tread with his characteristic kamikaze bravado ("Go on, heckle me") he walks the razor edge of audience participation, daring them to pick him off it.
"Electric, sharp, with a sympathetic face that looks like it was carved by a Polynesian shaman" Iain Macdonald, Cape Argus
His skill in warming up the chilliest rooms and turning the stoniest punters into soft putty in his hands makes Martin Davis the comic's favourite MC. With enough nervous energy to power a small city, Martin is the Jolt Cola of the circuit. Advice would be: connect up the microphone, shout "Clear!" and stand well back!
"The star of the evening, for my money, was compere Martin Davis, a cockney stuffed with mercurial Welsh genes (surely"), who had abrasive wit, tons of energy and an unparalleled ability to talk dirty without causing too much offence" The Mercury
"On the ball, Davis, a consummate professional, never dies" Cape Times, 2000
With residences in the Comedy Caf" and Comedy at Soho-Ho and regular appearances at the Comedy Store, Banana Cabaret and Up the Creek, Martin has built up a regular following in London. Martin's talents are recognised across the country, in the Glee Club, Birmingham, Jesters, Bristol and Buzz, Manchester to name a few.
In Ireland, Martin has made regular appearances at Murphy's Laughter Lounge, Dublin, The Empire, Belfast and clubs in Galway and Cork. However, giggling does not stop there. Martin has wowed audiences at the Kilkenny International Comedy Festival, The Smirnoff Mule Comedy Festival in Durban and Cape Town, South Africa, and the Lowlands Festival, Holland. 1999 ended with a sellout one-man show in Grahamstown and Ratanga Junction, Cape Town, whilst 2001 included appearances at: The Lucky Strike Comedy Tour in Holland, The Dutch Diligentia Festival and Martin's Dutch TV debut on "The Comedy Factory". In 2002 Martin returned to the Cape Town Festival, toured to Singapore and Dubai and in June 2003 as well as topping the bills in the best UK comedy clubs, Martin performed in Jakarta, The Hague, Belgium and once again returned to the South Africa Comedy Festival. Martin's 2005 saw him continue to MC at top venues throughout the country, wowing the audience with his quick-fire wit and energetic performance.
Martin's talents don"t stop on stage. With several years of acting experience behind him, Martin has wide appeal, from appearances in the BBC production of Bulla, starring Ricky Grover, to a variety of foreign adverts.