I arrived at the Drill Hall with high hopes of laughter for this sell out night. I was particularly pleased with the value for money £15 for two top comedians!!
Jon Richarson is a cynical perfectionist in the extreme. He makes humour of his talent to spoil a day over trivial things, and in his own words "why worry about the important things when there’s plenty of little things you can worry about?" Jon was funny and had the audience captivated with his anecdotes of how his obsessive thoughts lead to his strange curious behaviour - especially his difficulty in talking to women and maintaining a relationship.
The beautiful Shappi on the other hand came stumbling on stage forgetting half of her props. It was clear Shappi didn’t share the same attention to detail as Jon, and she went on to pick on exactly the same young newly engaged couple at the front as Jon did, and tried to make them and the audience share the same scepticism about long lasting relationships as she did. The show gave an insight to what it was like to grow up as a Iranian in England and her close but competitive relationship with her brother. She also talked about how her father’s political beliefs led to assassination attempts and now and again throwing in a references to her divorce. My only criticism of Shappi was I wasn’t really sure the direction of the show and it sometimes felt that she hadn’t actually
planned the show at all.
- Finance Manager
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