It was a slightly quieter night than usual at The Bell on Wednesday, but that didn’t stop it being a really fun gig that the crowd absolutely loved. First to make them laugh was the hilarious Mani Ahmed, who hypothesised that Henry VIII’s propensity towards casual beheading might have something to do with his marital ADHD. After Mani was the brilliant Mj Hunter, a man whose many talents stop at energetic rap eulogies. It was then over to David Ferguson. Back in his youth, David found a somewhat unique way to come out to his father. Jimbo then warned us of the problems with memory loss…several times. After Jimbo was Max Silver who regrets in his teens having feigned an interest in the TV series Ugly Betty. Tony Carr then proposed that Putin’s psycho tendencies may be something to do with his micro penis. Closing the first half was the fabulously filthy Indi Madray. Indi confessed to being intermittently possessed by a white Cockly bloke called Stan. Stan can be quite problematic, and more than a little bitchy at the wrong moments.
After the break we got off to a great start thanks to James Danielewski. Back in his teens, James’ dad had told him under no circumstances was he to get any girls pregnant, a warning James grabbed and seriously ran with…all the way to Brighton Pride! It was then over to Rohan Ashar who’d rather a train to a limo any day of the week. After Rohan we had Morgan DeVere (pictured) who is singlehandedly teaching the London comedy circuit how to make the most of their opposable thumbs. It was then over to Dan Guan, who had the crowd in absolute hysterics thanks to his mother’s decision to give him a culturally anchoring middle name. The evening’s penultimate act was Declan Evans, who may not have learned much at school other than how to do some interesting farmyard impressions. Closing the show was Phil Green and just how you really know if you are having a breakdown: you find yourself doing a full iron man triathlon.
So that was Wednesday at The Bell. Next week at The Bell we’ve G&B’s Dark Delights on Tuesday and headlining Wednesday we have Mark Isaac and Mark Vincent.