Write-up by guest MC Barbara Fernandez
Wednesday night was lots of fun at The Bell, starting with Franki Cookney Stone who says that yes, there is such a thing as being too knowledgeable about sex. Next up was Marc Cohen who was once confronted with a mum telling him that he had ‘had a 9 year old’ – though fortunately not in a way that would get him jailed. Rhys Jose gave his beliefs on equal rights for all – everyone deserves to be treated like rubbish – before Tony Carr had some excellent advice on when not to ask for a selfie next to your hero – when both of you are at the urinals. Dan Grennan bemoaned the difficulty of looking like an undercover cop that most haven’t thought of – yeah you don’t get robbed but no you can’t buy drugs. We then had Owen Stanley whose delivery drivers all seem to suffer from dementia, as he never gets the right stuff. @kathennesy (pictured) was proud to show off her statement jewelry – though less proud to hear the statement she was making was Theresa May. Our closing headliner for the first half was the fabulous Stanislav Gunko who, in honour of Kyle, donned a waistcoat so that no one would feel deprived. Stan says he’s hankering for a peace deal with his native Russia, but in the meantime he’s making his way through the UK’s meal deals.
Our second half began with Tuxedo Cat who provided poetry in motion that really was a knockout. Who knew Byron was quite so lethal? It was then over to Taylor Perry. Taylor’s sister in law lost her job, so now she’s been downgraded to just his sister. Paul Rowinski shared his mum’s suffering from dementia – though when it comes to remembering family wrongs, her memory’s as good as gold. We then had Richa Ahuja who says as she’s from the land of DIvali, the light she gets towards the end of her set only serves to energize her. Next up was Ben Philipsborn. Ben is gay but he’s envious of his straight dad who, having moved to Brighton for karaoke and adopting a daschund, is doing ‘gay’ better than him. Ajay Srivastav says it’s tough to avoid following your life’s path when you’ve got 30 million gods telling you what to do. Our closing headliner was the wonderful Charlie Firth. Charlie says he knows how the birth of Jesus could’ve been much more comfortable in that stable – if everyone had a chance at winning a mug. He’s told his friends he’s boycotting the World Cup – to which his friends had the rather winningly literate reply of ‘but it’s well good’.
So that was our night at the Bell – join us next Wednesday May 20th with the massive talent of the massive man that is Pete Kinsella and the simply fabulous, utterly hilarious Sara Louise Aston.