It was a great night of comedy on Monday at The Star of Kings for our final show there. Some old faces popped in for a hit of nostalgia and some new ones to see what all the fuss had been about. Kicking things off was the musical hilarity of Jonny Brace, and a song dedicated to all those autistic American dogs. It was the over to Rosie G (pictured) and why you shouldn’t say her nickname in public, regardless of how much Mickey wants it. Next was Aarian Mehrabani who can tell he loves cock even in a totally dark room. We then had Evan Henley (pictured), a man of startling modesty and mathematic ability. After Evan was Lew Mac, a man who may have had a pretty fundamental epiphany about why he’s single. SJ Wyatt (pictured)then told us a tale of a cat who used to be a man, a bitchy, catty rather pointless man. How to tell if you have a message from the real God was the advice the next act, Roger Gewolb, shared with us before Jamie Huffmaster told us all about the joys of being from a US red state whose high school football team is the Mississippi Rawdogs. It was then over to Charlie Firth, who started his showbiz journey as Joseph in the nativity. It’s been all downhill since then. Closing the first half was the brilliant Fred Bell who told us of the truly inspiring publicity machine that sells a life of travel and non-stop laughter…in the Army.
Kicking off the evening’s 2nd half was the fabulous Barbara Fernandez and her backing dancers (pictured) and the G&B rap. Joe Greenslade then gave some great tips on what not to say at a job interview before Rob McAlone told us all about the beautiful things to see in Derbyshire. Once he’d done that he had another six minutes of his set to go. Neil Benson then told us the surprising reasons why Doris Day was such a bitch. After Neil was the brilliant Jim Hooker and the load bearing wall that should have been mentioned years ago! Next was Owen Stanley, whose new moustache has given him a range of looks, but his mother’s critique was possibly the most problematic. We then had Matt Tuplin, who prefers his girlfriend to put more clothes on at night…to save on the heating. The sartorially stunning Mark Vincent then told us why he wanders up and down Camden High Street 20 times before coming to the gig. Our penultimate act was our reigning New Act winner Sikandar Zaman, a man who is impressed by whom the British can turn geography into an insult. Closing the show, and our final ever set at The Star of Kings was the fabulous sketch group, Tuxedo Cat. From flamingos with attitude to TV’s The Repair Shop and why you just need to get rid of your f***ing gold, they had the crowd in stitches and ended up with the title of the last G&B act to ever perform at The Star of Kings.