 Adam Bloom, Stephen Carlin,
Veena Sood and Vince Fluke.
Hosted by Susan Morrison.
On Friday 10th and Saturday 11th
March 2006 the clever and lovely Adam Bloom was headlining at The
Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh.
We went on the Saturday when the
inimitable Susan Morrison who was hosting the show, had a few
comedic gifts in the front of the audience with a hen night from
London and various visitors from all over the world. She seems to
be able to suss out her audiences quickly and plays to their
levels. I would be interested in seeing a much longer set from
Susan but would personally make sure I was well back out of her
firing line. Not that she is vicious in any way I’d just die of
embarrassment.
The first act of the night was Veena Sood,
a self styled Indian Love Guru, who encouraged us all to explore
our ethnicity through hand gestures, head movements and
annunciation, before guiding us through a demonstration of speed
dating. To me she
seems to be more of a comic actress than a stand up comedienne.
How she could develop her act for a longer period I am not sure,
but I will be interested in looking out for her in the future.
Canadian Vince Fluke seemed to start off
slowly, his style seemed to be a little over most of our heads. He
slowly seemed to change his tack and settled down. His good looks
should get him some interest from the younger female audience
members.
Stephen Carlin’s be suited almost,
droll humour is not to my personal taste although Geoff seemed to
enjoy him. Comparing Hitler to the Governor of California, Arnold
Schwarzenegger seems totally illogical yet worked.
Finally last but certainly not least Adam
Bloom. Geoff and I have followed Adam’s career over several
years and try to see him as often as possible.
His observational humour more often than not hits the mark
for me. This however was a very different set from those we were
used too. I had never seen Adam being heckled so much before, and
was both amused and amazed at how well he responded. The repartee
between him and the vocal elements displayed his talent for
improvisation which has not been so clear in those shows we had
seen before. Sadly due to other commitments it doesn’t look as if he
will be part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006. We will
however keep an eye on his website and that of the Stand to see
when he will be up in our area again.
Being on Friday and Saturday nights, food
is available, the small yet fairly comprehensive menu should
provide something for every taste and the reasonable prices
encouraging. Some of the portions seem huge and all the food is
homemade and very tasty. It
is also a pleasant way to spend the time from the doors opening
until the start of the show, although food is served up until the
end of the first interval.
The extra bar staff work quickly and
efficiently to serve the sell out crowd and the security and venue
staff seem to have little bother in keeping the slightly rowdier
clientele in order.
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