Alan Carr came to the
small seaside town of Lyme Regis on 7th March with his Work InProgress tour. The channel 4 star played an intimate gig to an excited crowd,
with the help of his support act Angela Barnes.
The night sold out within
minutes although this is no massive triumph, as the theatre is very small, but
it’s nice to see that even some BAFTA winners don’t get too big for their
boots.
The two comedians
complemented each other well, with BBC New Comedy Awards winner, Barnes
narrating anecdotes about her unsuccessful sex life and Carr cracking jokes
about aimed towards online dating.
Barnes focused her act on
mocking her personal life and comparing differences from the courting ritual
now and when that of when she was younger. If a single 37 year old talking
about the pains of her life is what you find funny then this comedian would
suit you perfectly, although this route can sometimes be overdone.
Whereas Carr had a varied
set with jokes about Onsies, which then moved on to a story about the dilemmas
of taking his mum on a safari. He reacted well to crowd heckling and had
constant banter with a self proclaimed ‘only gay in the village’ which made a
funny evening for everyone in the auditorium.
Although it was named
Work In Progress because that is essentially what it is, and this was obvious
by the end of the performance when he forgot a few of his jokes and became
flustered.
However the rest of the
evening seemed to be a success with the intimate crowd, one of whom even asked
if the star would go for a drink with her in the local.