Thursday, December 5th, The Royal George (Soho)

Alex McKenzie
Another fun night of comedy at the Royal George – starting with Paul Little, who doesn’t understand why a woman doesn’t appreciate his chivalry – he went to a lot of effort to put her coat over that puddle. Next Rohan Ashar challenged us to a Where’s Wally – make that Walinda – to find his fellow brown friends in York, before Mac O’Donnell highlighted that some of us may not be Olympian athletes, but we sure can spar with the best of them at a Star Wars convention. Max Silver then gave us Harry Potter on steroids – it’s tough going through drugs testing after every Quidditch match. Nathan Jacobs showed the dating dilemma of the hair-challenged male – leaving your wig on the bedside table and avoiding all bodies of water – before Connor Bell gave an excellent reason to move to the UK from sunny Australia: indulging your habits for less. It was then over to Martin Ashworth who was faced with a tough choice when crafting his first ever email address: buff boy, or clarinet player. Mani Ahmed then provided his best reason for going back to Lahore, Pakistan – grabbing a GP appointment. Closing the first half was the fabulous Alan Jay Byrne. Alan suffers from the challenges of a rural Irish upbringing: growing up without a gene pool – more of a gene puddle. London is growing on Alan though, cause every day he gets to play ‘Is it funny or is it tragic’ on the streets of London, with the top contender possibly being a stranger fighting a wheelie bin.
Our second half kicked off with Felix Parkin, who was astonished to discover that elderflower press is not in fact a sex position, before Casey Stephen Jack pondered his sexuality: what does it mean exactly if one is very into pro wrestling? We then had Stormy Pasha (Pasha Cherednychenko) who has a certificate in executive coaching… so yes, he does know better. Next up was Alex McKenzie (pictured). Alex may be fresh from York’s new comedy scene, but his legendary smoking pipe has transformed him from postgrad wanker to cool dude. We then had Martina O’Sullivan. Martina is saving her fellow Irish from having notions – one carefully slung insult at a time. Nick Bain gave us the best reason ever to become polyamorous – turns out you can gloat about your affairs – to each other. Closing the show was the wonderful Declan Kennedy. Declan has tried to walk in another man’s shoes, but he prefers sleeping in his car. He’s not a fan of Christmas – when he’s not being called Santa, he’s advocating for Scrooge, who was haunted by not one, but three…supernatural chuggers.
So that was our night at the Royal George. Join us next Thursday for G&B’s Camp As Christmas show with our favourite festive fairy, the fabulous David Ferguson, and G&B’s reigning queen of the All Stars, the Aussie awesomeness that is Kim Hope.