Last night was our Dark Delights night at The Bell, and it began with Jonny Brace. Ever keen to learn, Jonny was looking in his local library for books on paranoia – he should have known they were right behind him. Stanislav Gunko (pictured) was next, who hails from Russia – the country where you can always find both red flags and people who struggle with boundaries. We then had a new take on the Louvre heist from Sofia Cano – Sofia knows for sure that it wasn’t Latinos…cause they wouldn’t have been able to resist sending boasting selfies to the family back in Mexico. Following that was a lesson for us in ancient Sumaria thanks to Alastair Sadler – who knew they’d invented doors, all thanks to all those ungirded dangly bits? @jackiesea then provided the best place to bring a new date: a board games cafe, where wannabe Yodas come with the furniture. Susan Heather Kitcatt then shared her top tip if you come across a right-winger wanting to drive off a bridge: get them to fill up the car with their mates first – better for the environment. Closing the first half was the darkly musical Eoghan Collins. Eoghan anticipated Halloween by appearing before us in his costume – as the brand of Russell you didn’t know you needed. Eoghan also was proud of his past work: teaching drama to inmates in prison, to add to their punishment.
Our second half kicked off with our fave punster Mark Rivlin. Mark avoided a health scare by keeping his toes – cause he’s lack-toes-intolerant – although he does run a successful Viagra popup shop, which is really taking off. Freddie Cornwell then shared that although he may struggle with small talk, thanks to his divorced parents he can always answer that eternal question ‘what on earth is your problem?’ After Freddie was Ned Weingart. Ned is from the US, where he is happy to report that Trump is doing a lot for mental health: the waitlists for ADHD and dementia diagnoses have lots of disorganization and cancellations, respectively. We then had Coor Cohen, another comedian from the US, who proudly stated she first killed a ‘gator (alligator for you Brits) before her first bleed…for food, too. Our next act was @stanleybrown – Stanley’s landlord was wondering about the existence of heaven, so Stanley rather helpfully offered to send him to the afterlife to find out. Closing the show was the wonderfully dark @gavinwebb, who discovered his mate Stu has a new nickname: Vegetable Stu – so appropriate following that car crash that left him rather open-minded.
So that was our Dark Delights night! Join us next Wednesday November 5th with the utterly hilarious Calvin Smith and the powerhouse of puns, the one-liner king the brilliant Mark Rivlin.