The Libel Gig review
Mar. 17th, 2010 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearDave and I went to an evening of comedy and discussion about the UK libel laws on Sunday night.
I only really went to see Tim Minchin and, since he was on before the interval, I considered going home half way through. I'm glad I didn't, though, as the second half was highly entertaining.
By the state of his introductory spiel, Tim Minchin had spent most of the first half drinking, but he still managed to perform his 9.5 minute beat poem "Storm" perfectly.
Ariane Sherine's "Sing-a-long-a-Simon-Singh-song" was extremely amusing.
Having never come across them before, I am now a staunch fan of both Brian Cox and Ed Burn.
Richard Wiseman and Dara O'Briain both had funny moments, as well.
In between, Ben Goldacre took the onerous task of doing "the serious bit", and did it very well, too.
All round an excellent night out.
I only really went to see Tim Minchin and, since he was on before the interval, I considered going home half way through. I'm glad I didn't, though, as the second half was highly entertaining.
By the state of his introductory spiel, Tim Minchin had spent most of the first half drinking, but he still managed to perform his 9.5 minute beat poem "Storm" perfectly.
Ariane Sherine's "Sing-a-long-a-Simon-Singh-song" was extremely amusing.
Having never come across them before, I am now a staunch fan of both Brian Cox and Ed Burn.
Richard Wiseman and Dara O'Briain both had funny moments, as well.
In between, Ben Goldacre took the onerous task of doing "the serious bit", and did it very well, too.
All round an excellent night out.
