James Sherwood - One Man and His Piano
James Sherwood
Sherwood is a bright-eyed comic with great presence and warm confidence who really comes alive when tinkling his ivories. Like a musical David Mitchell, he is knowingly clever without being smug, but this mixture of straight stand up and stand up with musical accompaniment is hot and cold. I particularly enjoyed his Lib Dem disco and he can make up catchy songs in his dreams. Though he is a very able storyteller, his straight, unmelodic routines drag the show down; this part of the show just doesn’t share the same verve and pace that the music inevitably brings to the set. However, this is elegantly written and charmingly delivered, a very enjoyable way to spend and hour and fiver pounds.
The GRV, 6 - 29 Aug (not 23), 7.00pm (8.00pm), £5.00, fpp75
tw rating 3/5
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I am currently writing from the Fringe for ThreeWeeks: check out the site http://www.threeweeks.co.uk/
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