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| Shappi dressed to impress |
People started to stream in at 19:30 and within another 30
minutes 200 people had crowded into the theatre after getting a bottle or glass
from the bar. And then it began. Shappi introduced herself and came on the
stage getting to know the crowd, and imploring them to get a bit closer to the
front at the tables. It was hard to convince mum to move, but by the time another
couple had got close in she’d changed her tune. “Come on Ev, someone’s gone
first we can go now.”
Shappi isn’t the kind of comic you’d usually take your mum
to, as a young man discovered when his mum was interrogated about the nature of
his upbringing. But if you have a sense of humour you’ll cope! Shappi had a
chat with mum, and came to the conclusion that I had gotten her a ticket for
mother’s day. She was wrong, we got free entry. I knew it was mother’s day
coming up, but why change my ways now?
As the first half came to a close, we were prepped in the
knowledge she was just getting to know us. When we came back, we got the show
she’s been touring and nearly at the end of. A thinly veiled true story about
her relationship with the singer of a Yorkshire based Oasis knock off band was hilarious, but
I was quite surprised that you didn’t have to be that good at music to have a
load of groupies. Well, I learned my lesson. Apparently he was so busy he had
lost property, and required some of the girls to bring a form of I.D., which
Shappi discovered to contain a GCSE certificate.
Shappi was on a fine line, as she was trying to explain the
debauched behaviour of the guy she was love fooled by, yet accepting she had
fallen for it, almost like a “Take a Break” reader’s story where the lady
accepts silly excuses like “I need to leave tonight, mum’s cat needs feeding”.
Somehow, she managed to reason her way to the point where it all made sense,
and the audience went with her. And why not, she’s a good story teller.
Finishing on a high note, I’d imagine the only ones left disappointed would be
due to taste rather than her skills as a performer or comic. Soldiering through
her heavy pregnancy, we were lucky to get close to a lovely talent and when she’s
got a new show, hopefully she’ll be back, even if Cirencester doesn’t have
Nandos.
Next big comedy show: Marcus Brigstocke April 18th 2013, book your tickets now at: http://www.sundial-theatre.co.uk/
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| Editor: Evan Burgess |
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