It is hard for someone to go to a comedy night and like all of the comedians that come on. For every Stewart Lee, there is always an Andrew Lawrence or Dapper Laughs to drag the mood down or a struggling comedian to die and tarnish an otherwise enjoyable evening of comedy. I thought it would be the case for this fundraiser for the exhibition of the same name as the line up included Newsjack's Romesh Ranganathan, who is, putting it mildly, not my cup of tea. Then it was not too much of a disappointment to me when, perhaps my favourite comedian ever, Michael Legge announced that he could not attend due to getting diarrhea after eating too many health bars. This compere is truly excellent, with an anger is funny without becoming exausting. Every comedian had a very different style of comedian which left the audience totally gripped. However, perhaps the highlight was the premiere of the lost Beckett play 'Pointless Anger, Righteous Ire'.
Now, I'm going to go out on a limb and perhaps suggest that this play is not from the great playwright who wrote Waiting for Godot. Even so, Arthur Darvill conveyed with such conviction a man who has clearly let down by his peers. The metaphors which Legge and Robin Ince provide sitting in bins is very telling and shows the real beauty true theatre can provide. Rufus Norris should keep a good eye on this play for a run at the National.
In short, this night was hilariously funny with hugely talented comedians and is a great opening to what I hope is an extremely illuminating exhibition which opens on February 20th.
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