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We went along to our first comedy night at York Theatre Royal last night.  We’d seen the adverts for this series of one off nights throughout the year, some time ago but the last time we tried to book seats they had all sold out.  It seems that this series of one offs throughout the year has quite a following, so of course, we were interested in checking it out for ourselves.

As we arrived around 7pm to have a pre-show drink in the bar, we immediately noticed a more younger crowd than usual.

The show kicked off with Tom Price as the compère and as the night wore on, he warmed up the audience nicely.  The first few minutes were a bit laboured, but the more audience interaction he got, the more opportunity he had to display his quick wit and banter.  The first two acts up were Pierre Hollins and Mr Dan Evans who certainly entertained the crowd before for the headliner, Terry Alderton came on stage.  Terry is an Essex chap born in 1971 and has been doing the circuit for a number of years judging by the comments and reviews I found on Google.  From the minute he walked on stage, we were hooked.  He was certainly different. We thought he was really entertaining, very good fun, quick witted, articulate and topical.  The way in which he opened his act by weaving in observations he had clearly made of the audience during the previous two acts was clever indeed.  I was especially impressed with his ‘split personality’ piece where throughout his set, he would turn his back to audience and have a conversation with himself.  Listening carefully, it was intelligent, fast and very funny.

Once again, a great night at York Theatre Royal.  We’ll certainly be booking up for next comedy night on the 15th June.

Pryordurkin rating. 4 stars.