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Whenever
I hear an accent hailing from my neck of the woods in Wolverhampton,
it fills me with a sense of interest at how daft I must have
once sounded before I arrived in Lincoln. Tonight's headliner
Sean Percival comes from the neighbouring town of Dudley,
the home of comedy great Lenny Henry and an act that has had
me screaming out in laughter on several occasions before now.
Despite
the initially poor turn-out due to the football on TV, the
venue gradually filled to a reasonable amount by the time
the show kicked off. On jumped witty comedy-compere Patrick
Monahan who supplied a lengthy set of hilarious audience observations.
Basing the majority of the warm-up on crowd participation,
Patrick supplied brilliant gags about university degree courses
and chavs which were all well-received by the audience.
After
a lot of surreal, abstract (and at times insane) references
to alternative ways to spend the evening, our support act
Juliet Meyers approached the stage.
Juliet's
confidence was a really attractive thing about her act. It
had the crowd almost leaning forward as she dragged us in
with her gags only to throw us back out when the punch-line
hit. This was definitely the sign of a good comedienne.
Supplying
jokes on feminism, travelling, sexuality and religion - not
to mention continuous use of the 'c' word - Juliet found her
crowd's tone and provided a great set that had me in stitches
with her witty observations and social judgments.
After
the interval we were supplied with yet more of Patrick's hilarious
gags including a nice bit of ad-libbing with Students' Union
President applicant Tom Whatney, who did well at answering
Patrick's 'on-the-spot' questions. Finally and without further
a-do headline act Sean Percival entered the limelight with
long hair dangling over his face and a t-shirt which looked
like someone had attacked him with a paintbrush.
Sean's
set is based on witty everyday observations and rather crude
images which Sean's descriptiveness helps to emphasise. Covering
the themes of sport, road safety, drugs, Amsterdam and the
Dudley bypass, I was in hysterics at Sean's set.
A
master of comedy timing and dramatic pause, Sean supplied
a great set of giggles and formed a great alternative to staying
in and watching football. Sadly and rather unusually, the
masses failed to demand an encore and the evening ended earlier
than usual as some people obviously had other things on their
mind.
Whilst
the venue could have done with being just that little bit
fuller, those that did attend all seemed to leave with an
embossed grin on their faces. So as legendary compere Patrick
Monahan waved us all goodbye for another week, I left the
building in the confirmed opinion that this had been another
successful night of comedy.
Next
week is the last but one of the current season, so if you
haven't been to Comedy Club yet, get yourselves out. Yet again
folks, it's been emotional, I'll see you down the Delph.
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