Last night at the Dominion Theatre
So you may remember me posting here about a benefit gig headlined by Ricky Gervais at the Dominion Theatre to help raise money for Just the Tonic, a comedy club in Nottingham. Well last night we went to the gig and it was just ace. Really. We actually had brilliant seats, in Row D, close enough to see everything perfect, not too close that they would actually heckle us.
Jimmy Carr opened (as in off the telly) and was hilarious. He also had loads of make-up on. I always find it unsettling when a man has more make-up on than me but I wont hold it against him. Second up was an act we had seen before, who more or less did the same routine as before when we saw him at another Charity gig. Third, who name I also cant remember, was ok.. funny in bits, especially when he was lampooning the Daily Mail. Ricky Gervais was on next, which some people in the audience had paid upwards of £200 to see (idiots - scalping charity tix is so not cool) and he was hilarious. His act didn't seem routine, more just a set of rambles which is always nice. Very David Brent too.
After the interval, there was a guy with crazy hair.. reminded me of the loopy guy out of Police Academy. He looked really pissed off with some heckler from Row C (yes, we didnt pay £45 to hear you mate) but managed to cut him down with a few remarks.
Next up was a young Scottish guy, Stephen Carling, who I particularly liked... he had some good snooker jokes.. just because the whole idea of it being a sport is ridiculous and funny yet strangely addictive like bowls or curling. Then there was Tim Vine, who did a series of one liners for about 20 minutes. I couldn't believe it. It was actually quite funny in a you've read too many Christmas crackers/Dads joke kinda way. Last up was Stewart Lee who was kinda calm and surreal and wierd but funny none the less.
The compere was also hilarious, I cant remember his name but I can remember he looked like Jesus. He was also a Geordie. All in all, a top night and worth every pence of that £45 for a ticket.
I wish I could say I did anything productive for the rest of the weekend but I didnt. Except for doing some housework it was all about 24.
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