Sunday afternoon at The Star of Kings was a really fun show. First to the stage was Tiger, who gave us a glimpse of his hook-up set. Next was Sophie Bing and what instrument you give to a kid that can catch. After Sophie was Con Barbour and if you buy speedy boarding passes at the airport, you’re just not his kind of person. We then had Neil Davies, a Welsh father who brought up his kids as traditional atheists: they don’t believe in Tom Jones. It was then over to Wembley star, Geoff Read (pictured), and the set you simply had to be there for. David Robinson was next with the joys of the corporate life and how to remove your soul in seven easy moves. Kathryn Vine then gave us when chess meets anal beads before John Pape started his campaign for Britain to come out…at last. Mr Punman, the utterly puntastic Mark Rivlin was next with his usual rapid fire onslaught of fabulous one-liners. Declan Evans then told us how much he’d learnt at school about animal sounds…and such. Closing the first half was the hilarious Calvin Smith, the bootylicious, mattress hugging, crater making sciatica suffering, pillow drooling comic also known as Heavy Flo.
After the break we got off to a great start thanks to Steven Mayne a man who has cracked parenting due to having taught his toddler the lyrics to Purple Rain. Well, have you!? Cheryl Hurst then let us in on a little Canadian secret: it has no class system which makes effective snobbery hard work. Ilyaas then told us just when white meat can become halal in an emergency before Oliver Wright told us that all roads lead to Romford. Fran Ayala then gave the crowd some spectacular dating advice for fans of Jurassic Park. After Fran was Barney Scriv and the 102 week anniversary of your kid’s evacuation from the womb. Our penultimate act, Alex Priestley, told us she got into comedy because she’d heard it was where to find the well balanced men. Who’s gonna tell here? Seriously, someone needs to tell her. Closing the show was G&B’s poet laureate, the Jack Scullion immersive poetry experience. If you’ve not see jack yet you’re missing something sidesplittingly funny. So make the effort to go see him.
So that was Sunday afternoon at The Star of Kings. Next Sunday we’ve our G&B’s New Act Competition where the acts compete for the cash prize, the trophy, the paid guest spot and the lifetime’s BYOB pass.