It’s a really moist and chilly Monday evening in November and we’re being warned of a extreme chilly snap on the way in which – absolutely a recipe for snow and the following infrastructure distress that Britain does finest. What higher method to spend the night than warming up your laughing muscle mass with comedy from a person that is aware of learn how to flip distress into mirth. In truth tonight’s woeful climate is the type of situation that you may think about comic Ian Stone platforming in his present Ian Stone is Keeping it Together, a improbable night of relentless laughs during which nothing…
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Excellent
Whatever your pet peeve in life, Ian Stone is right here that will help you see the humorous aspect in a two hour present of stable laughs that gained’t disappoint.
It’s a really moist and chilly Monday evening in November and we’re being warned of a extreme chilly snap on the way in which – absolutely a recipe for snow and the following infrastructure distress that Britain does finest. What higher method to spend the night than warming up your laughing muscle mass with comedy from a person that is aware of learn how to flip distress into mirth. In truth tonight’s woeful climate is the type of situation that you may think about comic Ian Stone platforming in his present Ian Stone is Keeping it Together, a improbable night of relentless laughs during which nothing is just too mundane or too politically delicate to be made humorous.
With Stone at (a really youthful) 61, and with that present title, this might simply have been an observational comedy gig for grumpy outdated males who suppose issues have been higher after they have been youthful. But Stone takes no prisoners. Sure, he has his modern targets (social media, Liz Truss, having to fee his parking experiences) that hit dwelling, however the decade when he grew up (the seventies) takes the hits too. Ian claims the seventies have been grim and chooses cheese because the medium as an example his level, with a gag that gained the primary half of the present for me, although the second half, which was much less private and extra political, was even funnier. On the way in which between the 2, Stone zig zags deftly via the seemingly unimaginable territory of political minefields (the election, Nazis, genocide, the struggle in Gaza) and private tragedies (the demise of his mum and his Dad’s noisy porn habit) by no means as soon as taking a improper flip. When he mixed his reflections on well being and security with the woes of Brexit, I laughed more durable than I’ve completed in a very long time. Stone embodies what we do finest in Britain: recognise when one thing is terrible and discover consolation to find it humorous.
He’s clearly a man that is aware of his craft and there aren’t any awkward moments on this present. From the minute he arrives on stage he’s comfy and so are his viewers, who’re concerned however by no means humiliated. He is aware of what he thinks and he’s certain of the standard of his materials and his supply. This is as a result of he has had lots time to craft each line. This efficiency is unfortunately one of many final of his present tour which began on the Edinburgh Fringe and which has taken him to seventeen completely different venues together with tonight. However there are 4 dates nonetheless left (Tring, Cambridge, Luton and Birmingham) so in case you’re native to these locations (and even in case you’re not) you’ll be richly rewarded for stepping out into the chilly November evening to get there!
The present could be known as Keeping it Together however in case you’re something like me and the man sitting subsequent to me, you’ll giggle so arduous you gained’t be maintaining it collectively in any respect, and also you’ll really feel all the higher for it.
Written and Performed by: Ian Stone
Ian Stone is Keeping it Together continues on a UK Tour. Further data and reserving can be found right here.