comedy review
Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Show
Komedia
Poor Ivan - it's not his fault the jaundice sufferer was a Coldplay fan, and the song picked was ‘Yellow’. Ivan's incompetent attempts to cheer up the patients of the Chesterfield And North Derbyshire hospital form the basis of this infectiously entertaining stand-up routine, as song after song is rejected as DJ Brackenbury realises why it's inappropriate. Between songs, such as 'Baggy Trousers' for an anorexic, Ivan is proud to show off his badly forged endorsements from celebrities and make a few prank phone calls that go morbidly wrong. The subject matter, from Downs to playing 'The Final Countdown' for the older patients should be in bad taste, but Ivan's lisping naivety and good intentions allow the audience to just sit back and laugh.
Komedia Studio, 4 May, 8:30pm (9:30pm), £9.00 (£6.00), fpp 17
tw rating: 4/5
published: Aug-2008
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