Richard Herring, Alive

Yesterday evening, not quite as hot as recent evenings, we went to Battersea Arts Centre to see Richard Herring perform his Edinburgh warm-up/try-out show 'We're All Going To Die'.

We sat right at the front. If you've ever been on a manual-handling course you'll know the potential danger of doing this: "Can we have a volunteer from the audience to show us how not to lift this sack of loam..." What if this is an interactive show? Does Richard do Hypnotism? What if he makes fun of my lazy eye? Who says I've got a lazy eye? You wanna start something? Yeah, you're all talk. Anyway, we sat, as I say, RIGHT at the front.

The Props

The stage consisted of a small round table with a jug of water, a plastic beaker and Richard's notes. If we'd had that spy ability to read upside-down and a bit sideways we could have sneaked a preview.

During the show, Richard took two sips of water. 

Richard didn't sweat profusely. This makes him tons better than Lee Evans. I mean, eeearghhh right? When my mum went to see David Essex at Southend's Cliffs Pavillion, she was impressed that David didn't swear or sweat once. Time's have changed; Richard used cuss words and my mum's no longer with us for a start. 

We went all the way to Battersea Arts Centre and all we got were lolz and this lousy picture.

We were worried Richard might trip over the wire from the microphone.

I won't spoil the show by remembering all the jokes and documenting them here. It must be rubbish having to make notes during an entertainment, or having to take photos - surely you can't enjoy the show completely. I take photos all the time but even with the flash turned off, Richard would have noticed the idiot 3 feet in front of him snapping away. I took some once it was obvious the show was over but why? I knew I'd been there. Richard can get a photographer to take his picture anytime. Also, that was the time to join in the applause. 

Richard's costume for the show: Faded, red 'Superdry' T-shirt, well-worn jeans with a biro in the right-hand pocket [perhaps a tribute to Harry Hill?] and casual turn-ups, complemented by a pair of proper spangley trainers - the sort that suggest serious jogging is at least a possibility. Richard has lovely hair.

See Richard Herring if you can.

www.richardherring.com

@Herring1967