Mark Steel @ The Brindley – 26th June

Last Friday saw my second visit to Runcorn’s The Brindley, this time to see Mark Steel (read about my first visit to watch Paul Kerensa here).  This time, it was in the larger 400-seater theatre (as opposed to the weird school gym style room), which is a lovely modern room with comfy seats and an intimate atmosphere – overall, a great place to watch comedy.

I’d always enjoyed The Mark Steel Lectures, and have read one of his books, It’s Not A Runner Bean…, so I was looking forward to the show.  And luckily, I enjoyed it!  There was some good topical stuff (Michael Jackson, obviously), and some good local stuff (mainly having a go at Runcorn, which was taken in good spirit), and some good stuff generally.  It also helps that he is one of those comedians that is interesting to listen to even when he’s not doing the funny bits.  The only distracting thing was that he kept his denim jacket on throughout the performance, despite it being approximately 400 degrees in there.  Crazy.

All in all, it was a good night, and I don’t have too much more to say! If you’re wondering why this is such a poor review, then read the explanation, here.