Rich Hall at South Hill Park
Published 30 Sep 2010 09:30
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RICH Hall has been active as a comedian for more than three decades and has honed his patented style of exasperation to a fine point, with a sprinkling of profanity thrown in.
Not content to just offer his dry, cynical observations on politics, relationships and why he should have a sandwich named after him, Hall also threw in a number of rapid-fire, furious but highly verbose rants, which drew some of the biggest applause from the sell-out crowd at the Wilde Theatre.
The American-born, London-based comic had excellent luck on the audience participation front, getting frequent laughs from his riffs on “blue collar” recruiter Robin in the front row.
The first half ended almost on the comedian’s whim - as if Hall thought “yeah, that’ll work as a place to stop” - but he used the 15-minute interval well, bringing out a guitar and keyboard in the second half and performing a song about Robin.
The musical section had a much more ragged feel, with some songs threatening to spiral off into oblivion, but Hall kept the laughs up with tunes about Shetland pony cowboys, the Klu Klux Klan and drunken romance.
The encore, where Hall gave up the spotlight for accompanist Rob to sing lead on a song about being left for Jesus, was the icing on the cake. Hall is very much the real deal, and gets full marks on the laugh-o-meter.
JAMES TAYLOR
This article appeared in Villager 30 Sep 10
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Steve Gale
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Oct 1, 11:36
Report commentTotaly agree with your review James.
Saw Rich at Newbury last saturday, he was fantastic.
He did a similar show to your review, and had the audience in stitches for nearly 2 and a half hours.
He is without doubt one of the funniest, and cleverist, comedians i have seen, and for £15.00, what a bargain. He even came out into the lobby to chat with people and sign copies of his book, which by the way, is also side splitting.
Regards
Steve G
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