Comedy Shmomedy

Just got home from a BBC Comedy night.  It was held at the Revue bar in the seedy backstreets of Soho, and Noel Fielding was top billing.  The bar itself is a funky place, with huge mirrors and leather sofas, which become more understandable when you learn that it is a strip club by day (well, by night actually, but other nights, not tonight...).  The food and drinks are fantastically overpriced, so that's a let down.  As for the comedy itself, my friends and I were up for a night of "getting sloshed and having a chortle", as one of my friends put it, and while the price of beverages meant it was a little tricky to carry out the former, we succeeded in the latter.  3 comics preceeded Noel, each with their own style and degree of funniness.  I enjoyed them all in different ways.  The low point wa the compere, who fudged his way through the breaks in talent with his, well, lack of talent.  As for Noel, he was wonderfully weird and did some excellent Mighty Boosh pieces, but he was badly thrown by a revolting woman in the corner who just would not shut up throughout the entire performance.  She was terrible, but he should have handled it better.  But all in all, a great night, and I'll be there at the next show next month for sure.