It would not be fair to tell people what I saw at the Comedy Store yesterday, as I could influence decisions;decisions that are part of the Red Nose Day fundraising activities, but what I am happy to say is it was a great day out! I will give some detail: all 6 BBC radio Channels provided a personality to be trained and mentored by a comedian to become Stand-up performers. They performed at the Comedy Store yesterday. We are all asked to watch these performances and vote for our favourites and donate to Comic Relief-when Red Nose Day goes "live". So I do not want to influence anybody so prematurely with any comments based on the real experience of actually being there! The world will get the chance to see the show on a website and probably hear the event on radio, but wait for the Red Nose day announcements! They may or may not cut out bits, that may or may not influence decisions, so I shall say nothing having seen the whole thing! But Red Nose day is a good cause and it deserves support without my influence.
What I will say is that every performer was their own style and performance. Each gave their own accent to the art of stand-up performance, each with a different style and content. I have to say I enjoyed every one, although they were quite different. Was it because of the different radio styles? Was it because they were different personalities? I leave others to judge that! I like difference. Whether or not I agree/support or just ignore their politics, their sexuality, their opinions or whatever, its does not always matter to me. I love democracy and free speech, and in comedy I believe it is a wide scope, with hopefully lots of freedom, but yes there are limits! But thats why all six of them get my vote! One thing was clear, none of them failed, and every one succeeded, and depending on your view, each had a special something.
The radio personalities were so good you would have thought they were having a go-without their mentors, because each seemed so personal, so into their own lives and their own ways and history. Every one of them got chuckles and every one of them got roars and every one of them had some of the audience in hysterics, depending on associations, empathy and understanding. I think this says how good their mentors were.
I have to say though how lucky we were in the audience to see the mentors perfom too, as they introduced their proteges. They were the warm up acts, and we had such fun with them. Whilst Julian Clary had most people in fits of laughter and Mark Steel made such an impression, it was Sandi Toksvig that really made my day. I know that she is not only a superb comedian, but she is also a genuine diamond and 22 carat person thats caring and a lovely person who really makes a difference to peoples lives. I am biased perhaps, having followed and loved her since the days of Maidstone Studios and Saturday morning TV many moons ago!But she mentored Tom Service of Radio 3, and he was very, very, very competent, but in his own style!
I hope I have not influenced any future votes, but to be fair you must see all performers to make an honest judgement. Do not be fooled by your allegiance to one BBC radio station, judge the performance of all 6. And do not be sexist either, there were 5 men performers and several mentors of various sexual persuasions, but there was one woman representing the radio personalities, and she was Jenni Murray of Radio 4 Womens Hour, and she was CLASS!
I had a great day. Watch the Red Nose day website and vote!
What I will say is that every performer was their own style and performance. Each gave their own accent to the art of stand-up performance, each with a different style and content. I have to say I enjoyed every one, although they were quite different. Was it because of the different radio styles? Was it because they were different personalities? I leave others to judge that! I like difference. Whether or not I agree/support or just ignore their politics, their sexuality, their opinions or whatever, its does not always matter to me. I love democracy and free speech, and in comedy I believe it is a wide scope, with hopefully lots of freedom, but yes there are limits! But thats why all six of them get my vote! One thing was clear, none of them failed, and every one succeeded, and depending on your view, each had a special something.
The radio personalities were so good you would have thought they were having a go-without their mentors, because each seemed so personal, so into their own lives and their own ways and history. Every one of them got chuckles and every one of them got roars and every one of them had some of the audience in hysterics, depending on associations, empathy and understanding. I think this says how good their mentors were.
I have to say though how lucky we were in the audience to see the mentors perfom too, as they introduced their proteges. They were the warm up acts, and we had such fun with them. Whilst Julian Clary had most people in fits of laughter and Mark Steel made such an impression, it was Sandi Toksvig that really made my day. I know that she is not only a superb comedian, but she is also a genuine diamond and 22 carat person thats caring and a lovely person who really makes a difference to peoples lives. I am biased perhaps, having followed and loved her since the days of Maidstone Studios and Saturday morning TV many moons ago!But she mentored Tom Service of Radio 3, and he was very, very, very competent, but in his own style!
I hope I have not influenced any future votes, but to be fair you must see all performers to make an honest judgement. Do not be fooled by your allegiance to one BBC radio station, judge the performance of all 6. And do not be sexist either, there were 5 men performers and several mentors of various sexual persuasions, but there was one woman representing the radio personalities, and she was Jenni Murray of Radio 4 Womens Hour, and she was CLASS!
I had a great day. Watch the Red Nose day website and vote!
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