Well our first week of 2024 started with a bang and our New Act competition and kept the week going with one great gig after another, finishing with a hilarious night at The Royal George (soho) on Thursday. First to the royal George stage was Steven Mayne, who’s pronouns are he/him/Oi, Oi!. Next was Luke Richards who hates the whole cancel culture thing…it’s just not fast enough with some people. It was then over to the fabulous Pete Kinsella aka Big Pete, the man with the issue with Jacamo’s marketing policy. Tony Carr was next with just how much times have changed sicken his day: you now have to take the kids out on the piss with you to be a good father. After Tony was Harry Legge who left Catholic school agnostic and gay. So job well done. It was then over to Dipak Patel who gets fed up with people asking if his parents owned a corner shop. No, it was a mid-terrace! It was then over to Romford’s worst bank robber, Declan Evans, before Arthur Mitchell told us that he’s a happily married man…his wife not so much, though. After Arthur was Paul Little, who was on absolutely cracking form and has found a great after dark role play routine to help with the fuel bills. Closing the first half was The Milky Bar Kid himself, Ben Roberts. After a fashion, ben managed to get it through to everyone that the Milky Bars were quite definitely on him.
After the break, and a giant version of the card trick find the lady, we got off to a cracking start thanks to Callum Mackenzie and his somewhat unnatural obsession with British beaches. It was then over to Amelia Fritz whose big inspiration is Amelia Earhart, because she wants to crash a plane into an ocean. Charlie Firth then advises us to never think about our parents relationship before we were born, specifically the bit 9 months before we were born. It was then over to The Average Russian (aka Luke Harrower), who, like a hot summer, makes his wife sweaty. The ever shiny John Pape (pictured) was next with news that he loves symmetry…and heavy oil based face lube. After John was Gary Edwards and a fabulous set that quite simply had it in the bag. Ro Dodgson then had us all wondering about the oxymoronic nature of a definitive non-binary indefinite. The evening’s penultimate act was the prop comedy chaos of Richard Woolford. Closing the show was G&B’s beer mat poet laureate, the hilarious Jack Scullion. Jack personalised an ode or two for the crowd before dedicating a professorial message to close in style.
So that was our first week of 2024 and what a great week of shows it was. Headlining at The Royal George (soho) next Thursday we’ve Charlie Firth and Alan Byrne. See you then.