September 5, 2013
The North Wall comedy night was entertaining: funny of course and one of the more unusual comedy evenings I've been to as the audience consisted of only 14 people. The excellent compere, noticing that the audience was on the low side, hustled us all to the front two rows and the show began. He decided to allocate us all characters from Game of Thrones (I was the khaleesi) and make a story from the way we were sitting. One lady, texting on her phone, was instantly christened the evil queen, much to the amusement of her friends. The compere had energy, enthusiasm, and was, to his credit, not put off by the small audience.
The first act, Tom Deacon, from Radio 1, had quite a vague meandering sense of humour with plenty of diversion in his stories. He was particularly funny when reading his "poem" at the end and was well-received by the audience. His humour contrasted well with the sharper style of Felicity Ward, the second act.
After being warned that although the interval was usually 20 minutes, this time we only had 10, we returned to the theatre quickly with a fresh glass of wine. Happily there were still 14 of us - had someone left during the interval it would have been particularly obvious. The compere reappeared, with a really funny story about his car being searched and a slightly too much information story about the worms he had recently.
The second act, Felicity Ward, was brilliant. I laughed for the entire 30 minutes. She was witty, quick, and very sharp throughout. I loved particularly her jokes about her mother and the fitted sheet folding, the unfortunate first name of her grandmother (Trevalyn) and the stories about internet dating were especially clever.
Although the whole evening was fun, Felicity stood out as an excellent comedian. She was clearly very talented and I would love to see her perform again. An encouragement to any readers to attend the next evenings (first Thursday of every month), as such brilliant comedians deserve more than an audience of 14. A fabulous night.
The first act, Tom Deacon, from Radio 1, had quite a vague meandering sense of humour with plenty of diversion in his stories. He was particularly funny when reading his "poem" at the end and was well-received by the audience. His humour contrasted well with the sharper style of Felicity Ward, the second act.
After being warned that although the interval was usually 20 minutes, this time we only had 10, we returned to the theatre quickly with a fresh glass of wine. Happily there were still 14 of us - had someone left during the interval it would have been particularly obvious. The compere reappeared, with a really funny story about his car being searched and a slightly too much information story about the worms he had recently.
The second act, Felicity Ward, was brilliant. I laughed for the entire 30 minutes. She was witty, quick, and very sharp throughout. I loved particularly her jokes about her mother and the fitted sheet folding, the unfortunate first name of her grandmother (Trevalyn) and the stories about internet dating were especially clever.
Although the whole evening was fun, Felicity stood out as an excellent comedian. She was clearly very talented and I would love to see her perform again. An encouragement to any readers to attend the next evenings (first Thursday of every month), as such brilliant comedians deserve more than an audience of 14. A fabulous night.