comedy review

Pear-Shaped Afternoons

Brian and Krysstal/PBH's Free Fringe

This kind of thing is always going to be a bit hit and miss, and to be honest, this was largely a miss. 'Pear-Shaped Afternoons' is an opportunity for comedians such as Henry Ginsberg, Liz Bentley and Claire Benjamin to plug their own shows by performing excerpts. So if you like what you see here, you can go and see their full show. I didn't; so I won't, for the simple reason that the majority of the material here just wasn't funny. There are always exceptions, though, and these gems came from John Cooper, who read hilarious passages from his diary, and the quirky Owen Niblock with his wonderfully geeky comedy. I'd say avoid 'Pear-Shaped Afternoons', just go and see John Cooper and Owen Niblock instead, but I guess I wouldn't have been able to recommend those two, if I hadn't seen this show in the first place.

The White Horse, 2 - 23 Aug (not 10), 4.00pm (5.30pm), free non-ticketed, fpp 86

tw rating: 2/5

published: Aug-2008

ThreeWeeks Rating Key

1/5: Bad     2/5: Mediocre     3/5: Good     4/5: Very Good     5/5: Excellent

Pot-luck Google Topics