Gig report Quillarious no4 12/06/17

Gig report Quillarious no4 12/06/17

The first thing I get when I step out of the tube a Holborn is the ping ping ping of various apps all sending me various hack excuses. If your job is such that your boss may ‘require’ you to work late, don’t book gigs in advanced. That ping could be you saving the show as a walkin.
Enough arrrrrr

Quillarious had been away for a couple of weeks re bank hol. and private booking. I arrived to find we were to be in the smaller room. The funny thing about rooms is that until they’ve been played I have no idea how they work. This one played well. It’s square and homely, not too ‘work shop’ and not to ‘live at the Apollo’. Just right for trying stuff out and Quillarious.

The show went well:

We had a two great first timers. Hugh Sington and Wade Timmings. Both performed as if they’ve done many gigs before. Well done, proper set up /punches delivered with skill.
Also two wonderful character pieces from Eleanor Bennet and Randy Bowers as Rev. Phill Boys and not forgetting Quillarious regular Michael Hughes. Thanks to all, including the short Dutch man, the tall Spaniard, the Stephen K. Amos look alike ;-) and especially the host of Australians and their support crew.

So what about Quillarious?

First let me say that there were a lot of Australians in the room. I’m not saying that that makes the conversation shift to coarser topics, but... based on the keywords: toupee and penis:

Well, there was Raffael Nadel, outside Wimbledon. As an international tennis player he always carries a toupee so, depending on where he is in the world, he can use it as a toupee, chest wig or ‘love rug’ to fit into the local culture. I lost the thread in the racket as we spouted a load of balls, which could only end up in court and let’s face it, it’s hard talking about penis. (no it wasn’t!)