Live At The Chapel
I attended the Live At The Chapel show at the Union Chapel in Highbury on Saturday night. There's something very peculiar about watching comedy in a church, particularly when ice cream vendors pass up and down alongside the pews. It feels as if God has sold out to the more profitable forces of live entertainment. The surroundings make for a subdued audience for MC Jon Richardson to warm up. With his somewhat grumpy style, he doesn't strike me as the most natural of comperes. Richardson appears to agree with this, chastising himself for enquiring about a woman's cup of tea at the top of the second half. He successfully wrings laughs from such mundane observations however and the material is strong. His silly and childish tale of ice-skating with his girlfriend proved a particularly highlight. Richardson's a strong exponent of the self-depreciating school of comedy and I'd like to see him do a full set. Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler's double act were nominat...