So Tuesday night at The Star of Kings turned out to be a show full of surprises and big laughs, ending with a set no one will forget in a long time, but more of that later. First to the stage was the magical Adam B who quite literally had us seeing spots before our eyes…or was it holes? It was then over to Seraj Alijan who is from barn, the #1 “supplier” of stock to The British Museum. After Seraj was Moss (aka James Watkins – pictured), huzzah! Moss taught the room how to juggle imaginary balls and one lucky guy how to nut them. It was then over to Amelia Fritz who wants to get into adult film editing, cos that’s where the real viewers are these days. We then had Leo Ma and at six foot five, yes, he has been likened to the flailing balloon guy outside car dealerships. Ciaran Millmore then hit us with everything from hospital pinball to bereavement high score and evolutionary biology before Mac O’Donnell confessed to having left Australia to escape the goblins. Tim Purchas then confessed he can’t explain to another American that New Zealand isn’t in Europe. It was then the turn of Declan Evans who’s done his bit lately to try and look harder. Just not hard enough, according to his mum. Closing the first half was the ranting political fury of Matt Withers. Matt hates waste and still hasn’t forgiven Liz Truss; he spent longer writing material on her than she spent in No. 10. And don’t try get him started on Keir Starmer. You’d need a defibrillator.
After the break, and a bit of a magic double act with someone from the audience, we got off to a great start thanks to Callum Mackenzie and why people who roll up the edges of their beanie hats need flogging. Joe Haddad who’s been living in South London since PA: Pre-avocado. The hilarious Lucy Clark was next with her particular taste win partners: you need to remember where you were on 9/11.Next was Seb Fisher, a man who has faced the decision of becoming James Bond cool or foot fetish confused. If you want to know the answer, go see him perform. Speaking of which, last night was Seb’s first ever gig and it was brilliant. After sen was Ella Fokin, a Finnish comic who reckons she looks like she might burn down churches at the weekend as a leisure pursuit. Phil Blackmore then warned us all the day of the ginger is coming and you do not want to be on the wrong side of it all. We’ll be ok so long as it’s not on an overcast day. Our penultimate act was Charlie Firth, a man who has a quick and easy, if potentially expensive, way of ending conversations with strangers. Closing the show was the utterly hilarious Jon Wickham…of George & Jon fame. Over the last year or so at G&B, we’ve learned much about Jon’s fascinating showbiz career with George. However, last night we got to meet for the first time one of the story’s other characters. The audience sat rapt in utter sidesplitting joy as the story took a twist before our very eyes. For fans of Frasier, it was a bit like seeing Maris for the first time. And no, George wasn’t back from LA with his tail between his legs! Brilliant stuff.
So that was a simply brilliant night at The Star of Kings. My sides genuinely hurt from laughing by the end of it all. Headlining next Tuesday we have Phillip Cornwall and Kim Hope. See you then.