6th May Comedy Night

The last comedy night was a rather hit and miss affair compared to previous evenings. Unfortunately the headliner, Dave Twentyman, had to cry off at very short notice as his wife was taken ill (hopefully she is ok now). Alan managed to get a friend to replace him with only a couple of hours notice. Alan, however, seemed to be off song - probably due to the stress of having to frantically make calls to save the evening and also the larger crowd - and the two comedians had mixed fortunes. One did quite well but the other was trying out new material and appeared to misjudge the audience, even veering rather close to racism at one point. There was also a young lad in the audience whose girlfriend made the mistake of letting it slip he was a copper and he provided an easy get-out for the performers when things weren't going well - just get an easy laugh by pointing at the poor lad and making a comment about the police. Too cheap in my opinion.

Despite this the audience seemed generally to have a good time and for those of you that didn't I apologise. I would like to reassure you that the evening is usually of a higher standard and please do yourselves a favour and give it another try.

Next month is the second anniversary of the start of the Fox and Grapes Comedy Night and Alan has organised what promises to be a cracking evening with no fewer than four performers. Details to follow.