Thursday at The Royal George (soho) was G&B’s Growing Old Disgracefully night and what an absolute cracker of a show it was. Kicking things off was the hilarious Arthur Mitchell. Arthur had a bit of an altercation on the tube recently. Some little oik offered him his seat! Rob Ash was next with the theory that maybe Einstein wasn’t such a genius and just got lucky with relativity due to dyslexia. It was then over to Cathy White who has a collection of cats…and exes’ heads! It was then over to Calvin Smith (one of two, token under 40’s) and advice for new acts: if you can’t get a gig, try The Samaritans; they can’t hang up on you, so try your ten set. After Calvin was Mark Vincent. Mark’s semi-retired. Not even Viagra can improve this situation. Hot on Mark’s heels was David Ferguson whom at an early age was identified as gay…way before he did. Peri Whyte was next with a question about Google. If they made cars, would they install Windows? It was then over to Steve Garry, whose recent employment contract is so vast he’s had to take it on Holliday as his reading material. After Steve was Tony Carr and some great advice on how to respond to unsolicited dick pics before Mr Corporate, Phillip Cornwall closed the first half. Phil doesn’t go by any pronouns. He’s so dynamic he only uses adjectives.
After the break I introduced a bit of old school magic that unfolded throughout the evening’s second half, brining to light some inner thoughts and ambitions from the audience. It was then over to G&B’s reigning All Star, the wonderful Sallyann Fellowes, who is apparently a hot, sexy 7.5 in Cornwall and who one day wants to kiss an elephant. Seam Anderson then confessed to being so working class he’s so disappointed with himself for having eaten an avocado. It was then over to Val Pop who now know just what not to wear to a Roman bathhouse. Stingo then gave the room some life advice on how to enjoy your non prescriptives before Adam Al-janabi (the second of our token whipper snappers) then told us why he’s never gonna have kids: he just doesn’t have the required womb. Fred Bell then assured us that there are times when superdry really isn’t a garment. Valerie Steele then said dick on stage, much to the delight of her kids. Closing the show we had the fabulous Mr Punman, Mark Rivlin (pictured). From humorous fetishes to King Kong’s illnesses and the sad tale of being banged up abroad, mark was the perfect end to a cracking night.
So that was another brilliant Growing Old Disgracefully show. Headlining next Thursday at The Royal George we have the prop comedy chaos of Richard Woolford and the utterly hilarious Phil Green.