It was a fun night at The Royal George (soho) on Thursday with another really buzzing crowd. First to the stage was Richard Wheatley and the potential, naked guitar solo. It was then over to Isaac Kean who’s an industry triple threat: he comes tooled up. Frances Jane was next with when a fancy dress costume isn’t a fancy dress costume… When it’s a billboard ref. Then, making her return to G&B, was the fabulous Becca-Jane Haslam, the 90’s child who somehow managed to avoid being abducted. It was then over to Marc Cox who is from Saint Evenage, an up and coming suburb. After Marc was Katherine Dellar who really doesn’t get why Birmingham is known as the Venice of the North. It was then over to Matt Scott who reckons the cost of living crisis is so bad he can’t even afford his autism. We then had Cuthbert Lambert who confessed he’s just not warming to his name. Closing the first half was James Sutton (pictured), a man you shouldn’t let look after your cat, run your charity fundraiser or be in your jazz band.
After the break, and a little bit of creepy magic, we got off to a great start thanks to guest MC Jonathan Stadlen. The first act Jonathan brought to the stage was Declan Evans who gave us some great tips on cheap cremations. Next was Heenu Nihalani whose childhood ambition was to be Mergers and Acquisitions Spice. Tiwai Muza was next with a confession of the time he realised he wasn’t “all” that. After Tiwai was Daniel Mahony who recently discovered the true slap down usage of “motherf****r”. Nathan Ball then told of the joys of being a vape dealer before Barbora Beránková told us just why she reckons Jesus’ water to wine thing was a bit creepy. The evening’s penultimate act was Mo Gascoigne, who was once upon a time a not very good lifeguard, largely due to him wanting to work from home. Closing the show was the hilarious Gary Walsh. From his Potter rap to why not working Mondays was worth getting kidnapped, Gary had the room in absolute stitches.
So that was Thursday at The Royal George. Headlining next week we have Theresa Bradstreet and Richard Woolford.