Our final show of 2024 was at The Royal George. It’s been quite the year at The RG. After its refurb in the summer, I think it’s safe to say we love it now even more. Our final show of the year got off to a great start thanks to Calvin Smith and why your local Alzheimer Society might be an ideal place to try out new material: they’ll never remember if you die on your ass. Lauren Rivers then taught the young uns all about the technical vectors involved in the successful usage of the squat toilet. Declan Kennedy then confessed that he may or may not be able to fart honey. So he might be your man if you have a dry flapjack. It was then over to Marc Cox who is probably not David Baddiel, Ben Elton…or Jewish. After Marc we had Jacob Tidmarsh and why 17,000,000,000 is the number of the world’s most exhausted man. Marcos Brito then had us all really excited about the new album release by Donna Sangre before Mani Ahmed showed us just how shockingly hairy he is, and he don’t care. After mani was Neil Ben who is too short to be a fireman and too tall to be a goblin. Closing the first half was the fabulous Pete Kinsella. After some educational stuff about Japanese Shibari, Pete gave us the best knot, knot joke of the evening.
After the break Declan Evans got them laughing thanks to some tips on how to make the best ever Christmas sponge cake. It was then over to Matt Withers who is a surprisingly big fan of Dior cliff Richard. Gabriele Medeot then assured us the a panda is not the result of a polar bear and a cow getting it on before Mj Hunter confessed that he recently discovered that he might not be clever enough to pass a masturbation exam. Gordon MacSween was next with a really important life hack: how to differentiate between a knob and a bellend. Hot on Gordon’s heels was Paul Irwin. Paul knew teaching wasn’t for him when several of his pupils asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. The evening’s penultimate act was Mac O’Donnell who gave the younger members of the audience some essential tips on ball shaving. Closing the show was the hilarious Charlie Firth (pictured). Life’s maybe not going as well as he’d hoped it might, but his aim for 2025 is to get his parents top think they’d raised a top shagger. If it doesn’t work out, he’ll at least make a few quid selling second hand shoes on Vinted.
So that was our final show of 2024. It’s been an interesting year. 2025 kicks off with our new act competition on January 6th, shortly after which we get into our All Stars heats. Then, before you know it, it’ll be time for Edinburgh. And yes, G&B will be going up to Edinburgh next year. So watch this space. Have a fabulous Christmas and New Year, everyone, and see you all in 2025.