Tired
Good grief, I am tired. Do I pin it on the medication, the mobid obesity or two consecutive early morning starts? Probably a little bit from columns A, B and C.
I was late home last night due to a trip to Angel Comedy last night with prominent socialite Darren Maskell. We were under the impression that Nish Kumar was going to perform his award nominated show from this year's Edinburgh festival. As he explained, he was reluctant to give it away for free with a Soho Theatre run just around the corner. What we got instead was the first half of the show as it will be performed on tour.
It was something of a greatest hits package from Kumar comprised of a few of the stand out routines from last year's show "Ruminations On The Nature Of Subjectivity" and some more recent musings. I've always been a little uncertain about "applause breaks" in stand up, as they tend to suggest what the comedian is saying is worthy rather than actually funny. But a section of intelligent topical observations on the subject of the Conservative Party conference warranted the audience's acclaim. Altogether, it was a strong 50 minutes and none of the standing room only audience in the overcrowded attic of the Camden Head came away disappointed.
Support in the first half came from the terrific Luke Toulson with a strong 20 minute set of mainstream friendly material that avoided cliche. In particular, it was a pleasure to see him stick the boot into The Sound Of Music which I have always despised.
I was late home last night due to a trip to Angel Comedy last night with prominent socialite Darren Maskell. We were under the impression that Nish Kumar was going to perform his award nominated show from this year's Edinburgh festival. As he explained, he was reluctant to give it away for free with a Soho Theatre run just around the corner. What we got instead was the first half of the show as it will be performed on tour.
It was something of a greatest hits package from Kumar comprised of a few of the stand out routines from last year's show "Ruminations On The Nature Of Subjectivity" and some more recent musings. I've always been a little uncertain about "applause breaks" in stand up, as they tend to suggest what the comedian is saying is worthy rather than actually funny. But a section of intelligent topical observations on the subject of the Conservative Party conference warranted the audience's acclaim. Altogether, it was a strong 50 minutes and none of the standing room only audience in the overcrowded attic of the Camden Head came away disappointed.
Support in the first half came from the terrific Luke Toulson with a strong 20 minute set of mainstream friendly material that avoided cliche. In particular, it was a pleasure to see him stick the boot into The Sound Of Music which I have always despised.
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