Tonight I used to be on the Hilltop Social membership in Dronfield for the Laffa Cakes comedy evening. This is a good gig that may hopefully develop and develop. Given that we had three nice acts tonight, I can’t see any motive why it shouldn’t. Greg had a enjoyable evening compering. His simple rapport with the viewers, plus his good reminiscence for folks’s names, gave him a bonus in speaking to folks, even the prepare driver and the girl whom it turned out wasn’t really his accomplice. I used to be very shocked to listen to that one chap, Mark, had travelled the entire approach from Birmingham to see one of many acts. That’s spectacular.
Peter Brush
Brush is a splendid act whose cerebral fashion of comedy strongly appeals to me. It additionally appealed to a crowd of individuals in a social membership, which was nice. Without being bothered by the noise bleed from the drier in the bathroom, Brush gave the room an outstanding set, the logical circulate of which, was impeccable. He treats the viewers as being sensible sufficient to get his jokes they usually most definitely do. An actual spotlight involved the pictures. This was incredible.
Anna Thomas
I’d heard a whole lot of good things about Thomas, however hadn’t really seen her carry out but, so I’d been wanting ahead to this. She had a belter of a gig. She’s energetic, conversational and has a set that by no means appears to face nonetheless. There had been jokes, props, songs and a ukulele. As a end result, she commanded the room with ease and I’d say the viewers warmed to her in about 1 second flat. Greg was pissing himself laughing watching her and that was nice to see. The materials was eclectic and this works very effectively, particularly when mixed along with her supply and adjustments of course. Thomas just isn’t solely a bookable act, however she’s going to make it as a professional act.
David Eagle
Eagle by no means put a foot fallacious from his excellent opening tune until his closing joke. He had the viewers singing, clapping alongside, laughing and shouting out to him. I used to be notably impressed by his psychological dexterity, as he not solely labored in callbacks to the earlier occasions of the evening, however he additionally handled pleasant shout outs. Eagle was very a lot residing within the second and the room joined him in that. This meant that his set felt prefer it was particular for the viewers and never simply him doing a job. There had been requires extra when Eagle completed his set.
This gig value me, as a non-member of the membership, £6, which appears ridiculously low-cost contemplating simply how a lot I loved it.