It was an absolute banger of an afternoon at The Star of Kings on Sunday, a busy room with a really up for it crowd. Our MC for the afternoon was the hilarious Martina O’Sullivan who took us through a “Branded” Bible reading to kick off the show before bringing on the sartorially sharp Sobin ST, a man who suffers from a serious STD: Sartorially Terrific Deportment. After Sobin was Sophie Stemmons, a lady determined to birth Marvel’s newest, most powerful superhero…but not with scissor hands. Next was Tony Carr and how to celeb name drop. After Tony was Alex Groves a lady who doesn’t save lives for a living, no matter what her name might suggest to the etymologists among you. It was then over to Ben Ferrey and why Royal formerly known as Prince Andrew might not be the best human shield in an emergency. Robert Idel then told us just how he’s going to punish his parents with a British road trip, to Glasgow. We then had a bit of a murder mystery from Carmel Wright and a potential dark family secret. Richard Taylor then advised us all that swimming therapy is only truly effective is you can actually swim before jumping off a diving board. After Richard was Lea Pateman and just why you should think twice about having kids…and then decide against. Hot on Lea’s heels was Kathleen Lee, whose ex had some serious memory problems: he kept forgetting he was Married! Charlotte Imbert then lamented being heckled at dinner by a Dyson Airdryer. Closing the first half was the fabulous Mackenzie Pike. Mackenzie took us on a journey through Girlsworld and why it’s so different to Guysworld, which has some interesting conversational, dietary and urinary habits.
Kicking off the second half, after Martina gave some marital advice to the hen do that was in, we got off to a great start thanks to Andrew Steel, a man who looks like many stereotypes he’s not part of. Next was Alina Valea and why our cuisine is too confusing for Europeans: WTF is toad in the hole!? It was then over to Brian Hanafy and the Disney version of f**k, marry, kill. We then had Simon Draper, who makes the most of looking like the old bill by doing nothing whatsoever to show any interest in solving crimes. Iffy Shaik then explained why alcohol is banned in Islam, but you can still get stoned. After Iffy was James Streeter who reckons we’ll never see darts in the Olympics, but there’s other sports we champion at. Andrew Norwood then told us all he wants for Christmas is wisdom…or something equally useful, like an X-Box. After Andrew was Neil Benson (pictured), a man who wants to create his own, 21st century gym that comes with pre-lifted weights for those who don’t want to actually do any exercise. Our penultimate act was Frank Buytendijk, who wonders if he’s indeed a happy man or is he just dreaming that he’s a happy man. Closing the show was the hilarious Evan Henley, who went to a very prestigious university and knows his way round a Latin conjugation or two.