It was a packed and buzzing night at The Royal George (soho) Thursday and what a great show that crowd got. First up was James Sutton and everything from edible mice to Cadbury’s fingers. Next was G&B poet laureate Jack Scullion and a bit of audience participation with beer mat poetry. After Jack was Phillip Reiss and the clues his wife may have been leaving him over the years. It was then over to Harry Legge and what you call a creative Tory. No, not that! We then had the flashback king, Peri Whyte, and why smoking plastic plants is bad for you. Declan Evans was next with why you should never bring your nan to a gig before Ben Bridgeman showed the crowd how to get your group therapy five minutes at a time. It was then over to Calum Di Lieto who managed to get the crowd thinking about him naked…in an episode of Scooby Doo. Closing the first half was the hilarious Charlie Firth who might never inherit the family fortune, but then he did heckle at his parents’ wedding.
After the break we kicked off with a bit of smutty mind reading before Marc Salmon told us about how he can virtually run a marathon with a beer in his hand and a baby in the pram. Next was Phil Blackmore and why the #GingerMeToo movement is long overdue. After Phil was Kostyantyn Steblovskyy and his morbid fear of flying…economy! We then had Christopher Donovan who is rocking the beta male role and is still to this day scared of his local lollipop lady. After Chris was Sarah Lewis and just what to think when your nan wants to get it all out on national TV. Chris Cowan then gave the crowd, and one man in particular, a sales pitch for a full Christian service before Rosalie Van Onzenoort tried to convince us she wasn’t a nerd, despite her desire to be on University Challenge. The evening’s penultimate act was the mellifluous Barbara Fernandez and songs of life, love and where she won’t go. Closing the show was the brilliant Alan Jay Byrne (pictured) who might have been babysitting hon the island of Dr Moreau over Christmas. He also confessed to being a bit of a supermarket slut. Just don’t tell Tesco.
So that was Thursday at The Royal George and what a great night it was. Headlining next Thursday we’ve Callum Mackenzie and Mr Punman, Mark Rivlin.