Comedy
Definitely a comedy-based year. Highlights included:-
- Seeing Flight Of The Conchords at the Hammersmith Apollo
- Seeing The League Of Gentlemen Live at the Hammersmith Apollo
- Seeing Stephen Fry at the Hammersmith Apollo (I’m not sponsored by them, honest, that’s just where the comedy seems to be)
- Going to the Ealing Comedy Festival for the first time in about 10 years (Ninia Benjamin was the highlight for me on that one)
- Going to the Greenwich Comedy Festival for the first time in about ten years and seeing David O’Doherty (who weirdly was one of the acts I saw the last time I went), Aisling Bea, replacement compere Daniel Kitson (which I was very pleased about) and Adam Buxton’s Bug (big fan of Mr Buxton so this was a treat).
- A work in progress set from Romesh Ranganathan which was pretty slick and very funny (and was not derailed by some weird responses from the audience)
- Vic and Bob doing a Q&A at the BFI after a screening of the first two episodes of the new series of Vic And Bob’s Big Night Out (Bob was on fine form trying to crowbar in as many cheesy gags as possible)
- Paul McGann doing an intro to a screening of Withnail & I at the BFI - first time I’d seen it on the big screen too.
Theatre
Alright so this happened on the 2nd Jan but I’m going to include it as it gives a bit of variety and makes me seem like I do more things than just go to comedy and films.
Wicked
Always been a big fan of the Wizard Of Oz (both the film and the series of books) as well as the slightly more terrifying Return To Oz so was keen to see this. I can see why it’s been popular for so long - it’s a good solid stage musical with some catchy tunes and an engaging take on the Oz story. My only criticism was that it went a bit too far in trying to turn characters into those from the film/original story but it’s a minor criticism. If you’re a fan of musical theatre, this will probably float your sing-y boat.
Dressing Up
What? I like a good excuse for fancy dress.
So there you have it. That was 2018. What does 2019 hold? Probably a bit more of the same but with slightly different stuff, I reckon.
2 comments:
Sounds like a pretty good year!
I would have loved to have seen the League live show but unfortunately missed out on that. Vic and Bob would have been great too - I saw them in Bristol on my 50th birthday a couple of years ago, and they were just fantastic! Oh, and my wife would have killed to have seen that Paul McGann appearance...
Ah, definitely envious of you seeing them for the full live show - couldn't get tickets for that and was gutted! McGann was great - clearly loves the film and was more than happy to talk about it even though he must get asked about it all the time.
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