Sunday, May 18th we had a little chance of usual venue and found ourselves with the afternoon show at Royal George Charing Cross Road. Kicking things off was the hilarious Lucy Jenner with the news that she’s not really a lesbian, just a fan of the mullet. It was then over to Martin Ashworth, who still can’t play the clarinet on any level of proficiency. Next was Lauren Rivers and how a weekend at Centre parks brought her a deep seated loathing of all things male. After Lauren was Steven Mayne, who comes from “good people”, the kind who’ll never grass you up. We then had the brilliant Andy B and how in an emergency potatoes are an adequate alternative to guinea pigs if you have kids. After Andy was Susan Heather Kitcatt and the question that haunts the scientific community: why didn’t they just let Trump inject that bleach!? Tony Carr then explained why cucumbers are a bad idea to use as a sex ed prop if you want kids to grow up with reasonable expectations. James Townsend then hit us with the only reason we’ve not had a revolution is because we’ve not been able to organise there queue. Closing the first half was Mani Ahmed (pictured), aka Mani from Mani. Mani has deep respect for his father, a man who arrived here in the Uk with nothing but the hair on his back.
After the interval we swapped MC’s and I handed over to the fabulous David Ferguson. The first act David brought to the stage was our very own Barbara Fernandez, who was taking a gig off from her Brighton show Barbara Fernandez – Singing, Sagging and Shagging. And if you want to see her you can catch her at 3.30pm on May 24th & 31st at Temple Bar in Brighton. It was then over to Ian Colyer and the simple excitement offered by the joys of a colonoscopy. Dylan Almeida then told us just why short guys seem busy before Richard Taylor confessed to finding the cold restrictions a bit confusing. After Dylan was Kieran Dee, whom as part of the waxed turtle community always knows exactly where to find Ross Kemp. Mo Khan then explained why it’s so very difficult being muslim in the Spiderverse. After Mo we had Lee Turner Kodak, who’s not so much afraid of flying, just flying Ryanair. Our penultimate act was Grace Millie, a bit of a local celebrity as the #2 buyer of vegan slices in her local Sainsbury’s. Closing the show was Calvin Smith, who told us of just how shocked he was upon discovering his girlfriend watches Eurovision not ironically, but for the actual music.
The was Sunday at The Royal George and it was a fun afternoon. We’re back to The Star of Kings on the 25th when Barbara Fernandez will be your MC and Georgia Thorp and Adam Dorr will be headlining.