Last night at The Star of Kings was G&B’s Abandoning The Comfort Zone Show, the night where everyone tries their hands at something completely different to their normal style and genre. This night started during lockdown on one of our weekly Zoom shows and was so popular we brought it to the live stage and I think has become one of my absolute favourite nights. First up was Jeroen Bloemhoff and a brave rendition of Willian Don’t-Tell’s apple archery. It was then over to Moss (aka James Watkins) and a somewhat “One-sided” version of the Hokey Cokey. Our very own Barbara Fernandez (pictured) then brought the crazy to burlesque with the kind of NHS appointment no one would be late for. It was then over to Mark Vincent and a political rant, declaring his love for all things Tory…not! Joachim Treasurer was next with his fascination with worthy tacos before we saw the return of James Hutt from his travels. James is all grown up now and is facing his first recession as an adult, but still hasn’t found his prostate. Nancy Eliza then gave the crowd a lesson on the beer boob bounce pick-up technique before Tine Petersen did some CROWD WORK AS ONLY SHE COULD! Closing the first half was Jennifer Zheng and the confession that she thought being gay might be easier, but turns out women are a lot picker than straight men.
After the break, and a bit of magic that challenged all our comfort zones, we had the musical musings of Daniel Kelly and his songful dedication to the most beautiful loo he’d ever seen. It was then over to Danny Melor who has been doing his Stanislavskian bit for the battle on the front line. We then had the facial tightening technique of Cecilia Delatori and the joys of the hot senior railcard before Luke hall hits us with some quick fire punnery that even had Mr Punman Mark Rivlin roaring with laughter. Next was Dusty Knackers (aka Danny Walsh), who has learned so much about sex over the years from nature documentaries, especially the lions and the starfish. James Mileham was next with an absolute cracker of an improvised set and the joys of satsuma prophylactics. Mistress Jo Pitman then gave us her ode to Archie’s grubby little balls before Mark Rivlin set aside his usual punnery for an observation on the recent TV series Happy Valley, which was just a bit too posh for his liking. Closing the show we had some sketches from the brilliant Declan Kennedy who gave us the UN declaration of he who Smelt it Deal it and the traumas of death by seasoning.
So that was G&B’s Abandoning The Comfort Zone Show show and what a brilliant night it was.Thanks to everyone, acts and audience, who made this such a fun night. Next Monday we have Barbara Fernandez MCing with headliners Mark Rivlin and Sallyann Fellowes.