Whitwell Holmefield Arms – Graeme Rayner, Dan Lythe, Alex Camp, Jon Pearson and Greg Philips (MC)

Tonight I used to be in Whitwell, 25 minutes or so from house, on the Holmefield Arms for the Laffa Cakes comedy evening. Apart from the shortage of sign right here, it is a good location and it’s not exhausting to think about this being an evening that may run for a very long time. Numbers weren’t dangerous tonight and it was beautiful to see Craig Webster within the viewers, as I miss seeing him at The Lescar. The remainder of the viewers have been respectable, however had a slight tendency to speak and had an annoying behavior of resetting themselves sometimes, so it at all times felt just like the comics have been having to rebuild the power within the room each couple of minutes. The star of the present was Jake, a 12 12 months previous, sat proper in the midst of the entrance row.

Greg Philips (MC)

Philips had a very good evening compering. Having a child on the entrance row might have been tough, however having learn the room appropriately, Greg requested him a few questions that acquired enormous laughs and this subtle any attainable rigidity amongst the acts in regards to the children’ presence. I like watching Philips and individuals are at all times completely happy to divulge heart’s contents to him. Some of the solutions he acquired led on to extra questions and while it’s attainable he’d have gained extra momentum shifting on a bit sooner in a couple of instances, he came upon quite a bit in regards to the viewers that the opposite comedians might use and that was ideally suited.

Graeme Rayner

There was numerous good things in Rayner’s set. He opened strongly with a callback to Greg’s compering and the Santa materials was each well timed and humorous. It felt as if he’d written it specifically for the season and that’s at all times good. Wood was good and the reveal on the names labored very properly. Rayner’s closing routine was rock strong and hit a excessive. It maybe wouldn’t harm to swap Clooney for Tom Hardy, as Clooney may presumably be a bit dated now, however that’s no large deal. What Rayner would profit probably the most from, although, is tightening up his set ups a bit, as a result of if these have been a contact shorter his set could be much more punchy. This was a very good opening to the evening.

Dan Lythe

Lythe is a high quality act who writes fascinating materials and tonight the room dipped out and in of his set, actually liking some components, however not all going with all of it. This was a disgrace, as he did properly, but it surely deserved much more. I’ve seen him do very properly with this materials at sufficient gigs to know that this was an odd reception. Lythe is an skilled act and this didn’t throw him. I feel he knew that his efficiency was a powerful as ever.

Alex Camp

It’s been some time since I final noticed Camp and while he wasn’t in any respect dangerous then, he’s come on since and gave an improved efficiency tonight. He started with some good room work and raised the power. Camp is nice at considering on his ft and there was loads of good things in his set. The shit cities music went down an actual deal with.

Jon Pearson

Big Jon is a cracking act and he can go in varied instructions. He can do a set stuffed with room work, materials, or a little bit of each. It’s nice seeing him react to an viewers member and go off on a tangent. This means which you could see him a number of occasions and his efficiency will nonetheless really feel recent. Jon’s opening room work struck an actual chord with the viewers and his materials was simply as robust, with the criticism of the working group in neighbouring Clowne bringing of nice pleasure to the viewers. His materials on relationships was rock strong, as was his response to the careers recommendation that he acquired. This was a set that I might have fortunately loved extra of.