I always preferred Fish And Cushion anyway…
Me and the Future Spouse have just got back home after another evening of Mitchell And Webb (and the lovely Olivia Colman, plus James Bachman and that other guy who reads the stage directions). It was part one of two consecutive Sundays of rehearsals for the forthcoming (but not as forthcoming as originally planned) full televisual series of That Mitchell And Webb Look which will turn up on BBC2 at some point. The material: A great new Numberwang (with mad stage directions) , a not very funny angry policeman, a very funny long sketch involving the combination of elements of two comedy double acts called Fish And Chip and Pin And Cushion, a bloody odd saga involving a magical green clarinet, the reinvention of the old posh waiter sketch featuring an evil vicar, and many many more oddities.
Also in attendance were Adam and Wendy from the World Of The Grown-ups, plus That Cheryl from the World Of The Comedy Lungers. The bar had nice cider and the toiet floor was rather puddly… Well, the venue (Ginglik in Shepherd’s Bush) is a convered toilet after all. Really.
See? It’s in the middle of Shepherd’s Bush Green and we had yo queue outside like were waiting in a very long line to have a wee wee but the people were taking too long pissing or something. All very odd but once inside it was rather good. An intimate venue? You might say that. With the stage consisting of two microphone stands and a few chairs, the performers had to fight for space at times but it didn’t matter. The audience were spread over a few sofas at the front, a row of tables behind the sofas and a bit of standing room so intimate would be a good desription indeed.
Next Sunday: Rehearsals Part Two!
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