Four stars
Welcoming his audience with a lampshade on his head while dressed akin to a Hare Krisnna jogger, whatever the significance of the show’s title, by the end of it Rollason has lots of mates. Utilising a ton of domestic detritus and kitchen drawer clutter, a singing sofa and coathanger shoulders for reals, Rollason’s set up resembles a friendlier take on Gethin Price’s self-destructive routine in the cabaret club segment of Trevor Griffiths’ play, Comedians.
This is punctuated by a pseudo lecture on comedy by Rollason cos-playing his physical slapstick forebear John Wright, though as it turns out, it’s the old gags that are the best. If Rollason wasn’t fleeing a broken home at the start of his show, the mess he leaves behind suggests it is now, in a pop-eyed meditation on the need to fly the nest.
Monkey Barrel Comedy (Hive 2) until 28 August, 12.30-1.30pm.
The List, August 2022
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