Day four, a four show day. Starting with It Is Rocket Science, Helen Keen’s one woman (plus shadow puppeteer) show all about rockets. Helen is charming throughout and clearly knows something about rockets, but the jokes fall a bit flat and she doesn’t connect with the audience. I’d have preferred she give a straight lecture, with a few throw-away jokes thrown in there for fun, rather than a comedy routine.
Second up was a flyerers recommendation: The Incident. Two Aussie’s and their one stage cardboard box show about…well I’m not sure. Very physical comedy and alarmingly fast-paced, fun but somewhat disturbing at the same time. Recommended if only for the novelty of its oddness.
Time for a coffee break
Josie Long has been a longtime (geddit?!) favourite of ours so her show was really a given. The lovely lazy Josie went on and on about breakfast and Walter Ezell (her favourite Flickr celebrity) but that was okay, breakfasts are a funny subject. She had a point too – everyone should be a better person, or at least try. A noble show from a funny girl.
At the end of a long day there’s nothing better than a sketch show, at least that’s what my mother says. The Beta Males’ Picnic offered up a great show, set in a post-apocalyptic bunker with everyone going a little crazy. Disgustingly energetic, amazingly clever and full on puns, a brilliant discovery to finish a long day.
Balvenie double wood 12 year was the choice tonight: woody and tasting of oak chips this is a lovely nightcap.
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