Friday,
November 14, 2003 11:41 Ross Noble Unrealtime - Review |
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Geordie
stand-up Ross Noble brought his spontaneous comic talents to Basingstoke's
Anvil Theatre - 成人快手 Southampton's Dave O'Neill tried to follow the
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If
you're the type of person that finds it difficult to follow complex
stories, you might want to take a pen and paper with you when you
go and see Ross Noble.
The Geordie stand-up will more than certainly lose you on his twisted
path of story telling - infact I'm sure we only had two stories
in the whole two hours, but each thread was well and truly explored
before returning to the original point.
It's always a good idea to arrive early for a stand-up comedy gig
as late comers are easy bait. However, arrive just 10 minutes late
at a Ross Noble gig, and you might have trouble following the rest
of the show.
This was demonstrated to our late comers with a simple slide along
the stage ending in a sailors pose as the Admiral of the Navy organising
third party insurance for his tank! (You should now be as confused
as they were).
The highly polished surface of the Anvil stage gave endless amusement
to Noble as he slid from side to side among his set of specially
made plastic flowers that bloomed as he first walked on stage.
It can be difficult enough for a stand-up to deliver material and
handle hecklers but the whole of the first half was pure ad-lib
sparked from talking to members of the audience.
The Electronics Engineer, the man who left to take a phone call,
his mate with a weak bladder (who actually worked with toilet aids
for the elderly!) and the accountant (who at first lied and told
us he was an explorer), all helped Ross to baffle us with his rather
strange and twisted outlook on life ... and love of monkeys.
I don't think I have seen a comedy show with so many different subjects;
from tanks to monkeys, catheters, ice cream vending, pigs in German
army helmets and tramps talking into beer cans... and that's just
a tiny selection of what we discussed.
At one point Ross likens his show to the television series "24"
and he is not far wrong. Several different storylines are on the
go at once and he will eventually return to them all and finally
get to the point.
If however he fails to get to one of the points you can always ask
him in the question and answer session he hosts for an encore. Noble's
interaction with the audience makes you feel much more involved
in the comedy rather than just watching someone reeling off tired
observational gags.
Ross is a truly talented performer who could easily do a show with
no preparation and I would happily go and see another gig in this
tour - confident that I would see a completely different show.
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