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In a time
when there is a dearth of genuine comedy talent on our TV screens
and we are force fed mind-numbing American tripe and 'comedy by numbers'
sit-coms by the half-hour, it is good to know that Britain is producing
some genuinely brilliant comics.
Daniel
Kitson is in that category. His show finds laughter in the oddest
places: New York hot dog stands, his flooded university room and
Radio 4, to name a few.
Kitson
had the audience in hysterics, with his meandering delivery and
expert dispatching of those foolish enough to heckle. His deliberately
faltering delivery belies a sharp wit and charm that really makes
the audience warm to him; he avoids the pitfall of becoming a tragic
character and generates a great empathy from the audience.
Improvisation
provided plenty of laughs as Kitson sent an audience member to the
noisy bar next door to ask the DJ to turn the music down, then phoned
the bar to complain. In a final bid for revenge, he blasted them
with 'Belle and Sebastien' turned up to eleven.
Throughout
the 2陆 hours of relentlessly funny yet poignant tales, Kitson
involved the audience - giving the sense that the gig was genuinely
intimate and this was a man doing something he loved.
This
show really is a must see; genuine roll-in-the-aisle laughs for
nearly three hours are not easily found. Catch him while you can,
you will not be disappointed.
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