Tuesday night at The Bell was a fun show. The MC for the evening’s first half was Martin Ashworth who kicked things off by bringing Stanislav Gunko to the stage. Stanislav left Russia for a holiday just before the start of the Ukraine special operation and is now on a special extended holiday. It was then over to Sam Day, a child of divorce from a family of eczema. Next was the hilarious prose of Tom Draper, the new G&B poet laureate. After Tom was Roy Michael and why money can definitely buy you love. We then had Susan Kitcatt and the only benefit of Brexiteers is a high word score on Scrabble. Yvonne Alexander then gave us an insight into geographic Salmon accents before Jonny Brace gave us the tale of a plum investment opportunity. Closing the first half was Nick Bain (pictured). Nick’s part of a throuple that’s more open than a 24hr Tesco, but boats a much better loyalty card benefit scheme.
After the break and a little card magic, I got the MC duties back and brought to the stage the musical Barbara Fernandez with some musical mirth from her upcoming she (which you can catch this Sunday at The Star of Kings). It was then over to Mel Archer, who’s looking for something casual…until something happens with her woodwork teacher. Chris Willow then told us of the upward mobility of Dungeons and Dragons property ladder. Elizabeth Leff was next with the lobster guilt trip we’ll never forget before Elena Cotton told us why she’s a big fan of JK Rowling…f***ing off to another planet! The evening’s penultimate act was the hilarious Nigel Wolfin, who gave us an insight into the more depraved side of your accountants thinking. Closing the show we had the one and only Steve Vertigo. Steve is an absolute G&B fave and showed the new faces last night just why he has this status with the regulars. Taking us on a trip through his fabulously surreal mind, we went from birth to the death of the cassette tape with the Trump Casino Bethlehem along the way. Simply brilliant.