Write-up by guest MC Barbara Fernandez
We had fun last night at The Bell, starting with Ellis Strong who says the main difficulty for his nan with her older clients is the stairlift: by the time they get up to the bedroom, the little blue pills have worn off. Next up was Evan Henley (pictured), who was unutterably embarrassed in front of his audience with so many spontaneous, unscripted and unerringly factually correct questions. Next Mel Dram shared she likes her men like she likes her bubble tea – in someone else’s cup – before Pyjama Man got everyone to enjoy his hol(e)y bedspread, no matter the size of their heads. Kevin Collins gave us the evening’s tagline – we need to talk about Kevin – followed by Will Usherwood-Bliss who serenaded us on the power of a mammal on higher ground from the balcony of the sound booth. Lottie Grogan provided a fab demo of standup comedy where we were literally all on the same page, before our brilliant first half headliner Matt Withers delivered a withering condemnation of Prince Andrew with clearly the most shocking thing he’s ever done: subletting. And Trump may have won the FIFA peace prize, but let’s see if he holds onto it for the next season.
Our second half began with Martina O’Sullivan who, in front of her hubby, gushed about the best part of her marriage – her Italian mother in law. Alex Wegerer then reflected on glory holes – where do they originate from? Is there a faultline? followed by Mark Vincent who says his dad was a good egg – till someone fertilized him. Anna Donald provided a shoutout to her hometown of Spotlight – home where pedos are fine but personalities are not – before Aarian Mehrabani bemoaned the early sexual awakening of our youth. He blames the Argos catalog. Our closing headliner was the wonderful Willow Marler aka JK Rowling’s sleep paralysis demon. Go Willow. Willow is after a gender neutral title, though Professor might not be the best, given WIllow might then appear next to Colonel Mustard in a game of Cluedo.
So that was our night at The Bell – join us next Tuesday June 16th where we’ve an onslaught of one-liners with the hilarious Andrew Steel and the truly puntastic Mark Rivlin.