So Tuesday night was G&B’s Music & Character Comedy Night at The Bell. I love the pure craziness of these nights and this one got off to a stressful start as our main mic had been damaged and our other one was missing. So I had to leg it home to get a mic before the show started, getting back with only 2 minutes to spare! First to the crazy stage was the hilarious prop comedy lunacy of Richard Woolford and G&B’s Eurovision entry, The Knee song. Next, and summoned all the way from the Andromeda galaxy was Dick Hammer – pictured – (aka Max Norman), a man whose serious ambition is to be able to lick his own lollipop. It was then over to Sue-the-Cleaner (aka Liam Harney) who got us to learn the important mantra: when you leave the house always make sure you have your wallet, phone and corn beef key. After sue we had Pete Kinsella and everything from Gustav Holtz to receding hair and genital trench foot. It was then the turn of Loretta Lou Whitney (aka Barbara Fernandez) who was spearing the word of The lord and the joy of a man with a full set of teeth. Dulcie Whadcock then gave us some D.O.N.G. first aid lessons that will provide inspiration far beyond last night. Next was The Average Russian (aka Luke Harrower) and how to get yourself nice lady with good quality poem and clever words. Jonny Brace then hit us with a song for Missy before the fabulous Keeley (aka Caroline Madds) took us through some of the exciting spa offers and asked us to make sure we shower before any treatments to make sure there’s no repeat of the Kettle Crisps in the perineum debacle again. Closing the first half was the glorious Katie Tweddle and the musical number no one will ever forget.
After the break we got off to a cracking start thanks to Eoghan Collins, the man they just fight over to serve at Starbucks. The wonderful Princess Franchise (aka Rebekka Turner) then told us about the joys of working for the UK’s 48th most popular tourist attraction (out of 50!). The musical mayhem of Nicky Vere-Compton was next with flying saucers and a new take on The Ark. The ventriloquial fabulousness of Steph was next with a little help from someone in the audience and some dance moves we never knew we needed to see. After Steph, Bernard Guff (aka Josh Harvey) took us on a spooky journey as he gave us a little glimpse on what to expect from one of his memorable ghost hunter tours. I then had to ponder how I could pile on the praise for the evening’s penultimate performer, the punchy underground prose of the perfectly formed poetry of Tom Draper. Closing the show was the brilliant John Pape, a man recently robbed of his rightful LGBT crown. John is struggling with a current zeitgeist trend: what exactly is drag queen story time?
Well that was another wonderful Music & Character comedy show. I just love these nights! Our next one is at The Star of Kings on June 17th. Hopefully see you then. Headlining at The Bell next Tuesday we have Amber Phillips and Trevor Bickles.