Supporting Nish Kumar this evening was the excellent Rosie Jones. She’s lewd, crude and absolutely hilarious. Rosie also has the ability to tell the same story twice to a bigger laugh on the second time round. I don’t want to spoil any jokes but the Pyramid Scheme is a close second to Ryan Gosling.
Nish Kumar has been having a very 'tricky' tour so far and seemed quite pleased with the large turnout from the ‘Heartland of the Socialist Republic of Remainistan’. He recounted several stories of displeased audience members that I found quite baffling. From the Mash Report to his appearances on Question Time to his Twitter, Nish Kumar is politically outspoken and entirely unambiguous in his views, so it is bizarre to hear that people were unhappy with the show. One man stuck his fingers in his ears and another incident resulted in police involvement. What exactly were these people expecting? Kumar is an unapologetic and self-styled ‘remoaner' and his show embodies that. We heard his views on Brexit, British Asians voting Leave, disappointing high-profile comedians, transphobia, Incels, well-intentioned but overbearing male feminists, and racism at the airport. As Nish said himself, this is not a show to challenge the audience. This is a show to make us laugh. In a very angry and cathartic way. Kumar is very aware of his privilege in having a platform and is using it brilliantly to speak his truth to power. He is a genuine role model and a very funny one too.
As may be obvious from a few choice quotes [sic: edited], this is also a very sweary show and there is one joke in particular that may cause awkwardness amongst any families bringing younger sons. The content is exactly what you’d expect; political, observational, cutting and very, very funny. Nish Kumar also took the time to encourage support for the Manchester-based, award winning comedy club XS Malarkey that has started many an excellent comedians' career.
Reviewer - Deanna Turnbull
on - 24/2/19
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