comedy review

Steve Hall: Vice Captain Loser

Avalon Promotions

Steve Hall is a middle class Catholic in a Jew's body who says 'truly' a lot. Recounting tales of self-deprecation and woe, he made me laugh a few times, but his show certainly isn't a laugh-a-minute type comedy, it's more like the funny conversations you have with your friends. He adds to that illusion by putting everything into context, elaborating with lots of background detail, giving to the sense that you really know him. The show is a look at all the funny-but-bad things that have happened to him recently, and he told us how he didn't want the show to be all negative; I found it hard to find optimism in some of the things he was saying, however.

Pleasance Courtyard, 30 Jul - 25 Aug (not 20), 8.30pm (9.30pm), prices vary, fpp 100

tw rating: 3/5

published: Aug-2008

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