This show was delivered at exactly the pace that any Red Dwarf fan would expect from this man. His dead pan face and voice make for an even paced show…some may say slow, but it never felt like it.
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Unfortunately for Norman, he was faced with a very loud and drunk local heckler, one who shouted out incoherently several times, left to get himself a pint, then left again for the loo, by which time most of the audience and I think Norman himself were hoping he wouldn’t return. Alas he did and sadly still insisted on butting in on the show. I don’t even think he realized that he was being very annoying to everyone who were enjoying the show. However Norman dealt with him very well and in a manner only he could.
Anyhoo, the show involved Norman generally chatting whilst rifling through a bag of assorted items. A main theme through them was plastic bags (think “American Beauty”). Being shown the differences between thin white plastic, Subway bags, M&S bag, black bin liner, white bin liner and even a shower cap (doing a marvelous jellyfish skit). All the while Norman was just chatting about random things, all very amusing and having you wondering where things were going next.
For me the highlight, apart from kicking off Doctor Who war, was when he brought out an old fashioned wooden peg (the type you make proper peg dolls from). This, he stated, was a upper class peg…before bringing out a wooden “modern” peg, which was more “working class”. Cue an abstract conversation between the two pegs before the working class one attacked the posh peg. He then brought out two plastic “modern” pegs that were the chav pegs. For whatever reason this little section really tickled me.
So a very pleasant and funny show, ruined only a little by the pissed up twat but that was trumped by Barry Cryer being in the audience.
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