Billed as ‘an irreverent night of fun and frolics and hosted by if.comedy Best Newcomer 2007 award nominee, Zoe Lyons’, this gay friendly night promised a fabulous time.

The full house - the majority LGBT - were enjoying themselves and was heckle free (although I did have to bite my lip a few times being a heckler myself),  the audience were very well behaved but then again they were also royally entertained. 

This was a simple, but slick show putting talent where it should be, under a spot light and allowed to do it’s best. Ms Lyons cajoled and charmed the audience with her usual croaky style, flipping out funnies on the front row freaks from her current tour (details here), whirling the mike stand around like a majorette with M.E. and mining the news for laughs while gently teasing the front row canoodlers before introducing the acts.

First up was the only gay comedian (other than Zoe) on the evenings bill, suited and bespectacled Chris Neill, fresh from Radio 4, he delighted the audience with his gentle observations that veer into car crash crude without a moments notice on jam making, gastro pubs and the joys of living in East Dullwich, Chris’s style is naughty but intimate and he hardly stops to breath, but he went down well, ahem.

Next up were two new comers, cool Rachel Stubbings who’s dry, deconstructive and ironic jokes, (casually slow burning -and there’s nothing wrong with that) delighted the audience, I would question the wisdom of slagging off assertive fat women in a room full of lesbians but you live and learn darling, you live and learn. Her fey slightly dark persona worked and she also had the best joke (and hair) of the evening, but I think only I noticed it. 

Louise Anderson was next up, a bag of squealing nerves who  I thought was going to crash and burn, more fool me, after a few wobbles she lurched into a searing honest series of jokes around her first sex in three years which had the audience screeching in sympathetic laughter.  She was brilliant, engaging and honest and perhaps the first few moments were a set up to make the rest look better.

Closing the night was Brighton boyo Sean Walsh who’s slick hyperactive pacing on stage was worked neatly into a good strong set about walking, touring and smoking. This is a man who’s laid back and comfy with a home crowd but not lazy and gave us a good happy finish to the evening, he also made the subtle effort to make his routine gender non specific for the evening, a proper entertainer.

All in all a good, friendly and very relaxed night out, full of laughs and gentle delight, if you wanna go consider booking as this is a very popular night.

Next show April 4th book here