Scattered Strawberry Summer

Last Friday I went to Brighton with my SO to see Dan Clark's stand up Dan Clark: Me, My Selfie & I (Work in Progress).  I loved his show How I not to Live your Life, so this was something I was really looking forward to. It is a preview of his stand up that he is bringing to Edinburgh festival.

I haven't seen any of his stand ups, I only really know him as Don Danbury, wasn't sure what kind of comedy to expect.

Most of his jokes were based on his own life and while a lot of it was about death and loneliness, it was funny and relatable. Glad to hear, he is also atheist. He's turning 38 next week, which technically makes him middle-age. Which is somewhat funny in itself, I wouldn't consider him middle age in a shape a form. That has something to do with him dressing like a kid. He was not afraid to make fun of himself, the audience was roaring and I think everyone had a great night.  He ended the night with a few short funny songs, which I loved.

I had great night and so did my SO, totally worth £5.00 p/p, it was really a steal!...

and he also replied to my tweet. so yeah I've got that going for me, which is nice.

Yesterday I went to see one of my favourite comedian's, Jimmy Carr's stand up. It was  the second time I saw him live and I knew what to expect- over two hours of laughter. I bought tickets ages ago but I could only get side view seats, it was pretty packed with few empty seats. It was hilarious and as usual he  pushed  audience's boundaries on taste and offence. However, the most shocking story came from audience rather than Jimmy himself, which is surprising knowing his material. I think Jimmy will use this story in his future routines. I'd tell you the story but I can't. It's too much even for me! We had a few heckles but Jimmy had good comebacks. Comebacks. That reminds me one of his joke.Which  I will not repeat on my blog but I'm sure  Jimmy's fans will be familiar with it.  He also did quite a few jokes about himself,specifically  taxes scandal and loved them all. So many good jokes but I can't repeat most of them. I'll give you just one:

Where would we be without sense of humour? Germany.
  
I am looking forward to his next tour, whenever it will be.

My and my BF went to see Jimmy Carr live at the Congress theatre yesterday, so this is a sort of a review, which is bound to be subjective as he is my favourite comedian.

Well, first of all, I had a great time! I laughed a lot. Jimmy is mostly one-liner comedian which is great cause you get a lot of jokes in a short time. So I guess, good value for money :)) However, he's not to everyone's taste, he's jokes can be quite offensive. But I love him, he can make a joke about everything, EVERYTHING.I love that he is anything but PC.

At the end of the show, he tested our limits with increasingly offensive jokes. We still laughed and felt ashamed that we found it funny.

We had great seats, in 5th row, quite near. We  were a bit afraid he will ask us something or whatever. He does talk to audience a lot, but you know, it's funny when he's mocking others, but when it's you.. :))  If I could come up with a really good come back quick enough, I wouldn't mind it, but I know I wouldn't.
I still prefer when he's telling jokes rather than engaging with the audience as it gets boring quite soon.

He did some regional accents that he hadn't done before. However, I couldn't understand some of it. That is the reason I'm never gonna see John Bishop live - I can't understand his scouse accent, I need subtitles!

Anyway, there were a few old jokes, some, I think, were from his facebook/twitter page, yeah I follow him, he post a few jokes every day.

My BF also thoroughly enjoyed it and he said it was definitely worth £25. Pretty cheap for a first class comedian! Although, I'm surprised that he goes to places like Hastings or Eastbourne. But hey, good for me that I don't have to go another town to see him.

I'd also like to see Michael McIntyre some day. He's more family-friendly comedian , mostly focuses on observational comedy, he's very good, makes me laugh so hard. Another comedian on my wishlist is Tim Minchin, I wanted to see him last year but tickets I could afford were sold out.  Talking about comedy, I'd love to be in the audience in Miranda's filming. That would be soooooo cool.