Billed as
'Strictly for over 16s only' Canadian comic Tom Stade arrived in Chorley
on the penultimate night of a mammoth three month tour. Chorley Little
Theatre was sold out with an audience comprised of a balance of people
in their 20s, 30s and 40s. There weren't too many grey hairs in the
audience, which was just as well, since this wasn't the kind of show you
would happily take your grandmother too, unless your grandmother used
to work in a shipyard and was used to someone who uses the F word to
punctuate every fifth word they speak. Stade's gags mirrored his
language as he picked on members of the front row, analysing the sex
life of a couple who'd been married 17 years and questioning the
commitment of a man who was with his pregnant partner of 7 years but
hadn't married her. 'Still not sure she's the one, eh?'
His 90
minute set covered the sex act in various forms, domestic violence and
the tribulations of married life. He may not make many friends amongst
the feminist movement but the howls of mainly female laughter would
suggest that he touched several nerves in his description of life in the
Stade household.
Using his non native status to comment on the
Brits, the highlight for me was his description of how Brits think
Argos is a great place to shop even though there are no goods on
display.
The language is filthy and Tom Stade will never be to
everyone's tastes as his subject material is at times edgy and
absolutely not prime time material. But as his joke about starving
Ethiopians going to 'McGeldofs' showed ('why is it that in America poor
people are fat'?) he can be funny and thought provoking. Not many
comedians can say that.
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