The Improvisator

Musicals

Why do so many people hate musicals so much? Well that’s easy: they can get on your nerves, can be long and tedious, and are by their very nature over the top, irritating and exceedingly long-winded. But is that any reason to not watch them? I don’t think so. People have a breast uplift and other things for absolutely no reason, don’t they? The point is that musicals, like anything, can get on your nerves, but some of them are More

CABBAGE FILTH

Everyone has a thing about brussel sprouts. People either love them or hate them, and both are fine. Because the brussel is not a pretender. It knows its place and it stays there out of harms way. It knows it will never be a main-stay vegetable and it is fine with that.

But I am not fine with cabbage. In fact, I am disgusted by it. It is a pretender, a faker, and constantly trying to get into as many More

Rob Broderick Rules!

I want to tell you about one of the London Comedy Circuit’s best kept secrets. Rob Broderick is an amazing improvisational stand up comedian and I’m sure it won’t be long before the rest of the world knows it. I first saw him at the Tooting comedy club Comedy at the Kirk where he was headlining and he absolutely killed the crowd. I’m a big comedy fan and have seen loads of acts ranging from frightened open spots to comedy More

The Sacred

People will always be people, obviously (I mean that not literally, but as the prominent and powerful start of a speech I am about to make): as long as some reputable companies keep producing quality things, there will be others that delight in copying them just for the sake of it.

Take the best blackcurrant drink that exists and will ever be made, for example (I can’t name it here but no problem, it rhymes with “Have you met More

Sock War!

Socks: who is actually responsible for making socks fit comfortably around the human foot? And how is it possible for some socks to be a joy to put on, and other socks to be a total nightmare? I can see how the man or indeed woman on the street, having stumbled across this article, might think ‘this is ridiculous, what problem have I ever had with socks? What is this guy on about?’ But I ask you to have patience. More