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 |  | Lee Evans @ Warwick Arts Centre, reviewed by Paul Bradley, site user.
There was no room to spare in the Butterworth Hall at the Warwick Arts Centre as Lee Evans stormed onto the stage, dressed in a smart dark suit and white shirt.
He wasted no time and executed his delivery of gags at quite a rate.
When he moved his mike stand away from centre stage crouching down and holding it above his head towards the back he exclaimed, "I used to work on the Dodgem Cars".
This was the first of many physical representations of inanimate objects that other modern comedians would struggle to pull off.
Lee acted out a piece of luggage going round an airport carousel shouting out to its owner, using numerous expletives, complaining about being left on it's own!
Whilst being a very visual gag, like much of his show, you'd find yourself laughing at something you'd never imagine you would.
His monologue was based around numerous everyday situations such as in his airport routine he talked about the stupid questions you are asked whilst walking through customs. "When asked by the Customs officer, "Have you left your suitcase unattended?", I replied yes, I left it on it's own up in the loft for 6 months", was Lee's innocent reply.
At the beginning of both halves of the show it took him a little while to get into a comfortable rhythm, sometimes delivering his repertoire at such a fast pace it was difficult for the crowd to keep up. Once he'd settled, he spared no person or object with the wrath of his material.
Whether it was his wife, his daughter, old people, caravans, terrorists or why women never (publicly) fart, he certainly was not selective.
He even managed to get a couple of sly digs in about Coventry.
He was asking why do people never smile in a gym and continued by saying that if you smiled at somebody in a gym in Coventry it'd be a dangerous move.
The crowd fortunately saw the funny side.
Towards the end of the show Lee demonstrated some of his other talents when he sat down in front of a grand piano and sang a song entitled, "Life is a Piece of Shit". The melody took a poignant look on life and it was quite surreal as the auditorium fell silent for a short while.
There was a lot more monologue and a lot less physical humour compared to what I had expected, but the equal combination of the two throughout was a fine recipe for an enjoyable amusing show.
A number of topics Lee covered have been done before by other Comedians. Few can deliver them in such a way by where his bodily expressions not only complements, but magnifies the comedy of his tales. This is his true genius.
For information on comedy nights at Warwick Arts Centre and Carey's, follow the links on the left.
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