Being a regular at Funnybone, Centre Stage I fully expected 2 acts I would enjoy and one that was passable at best. Friday night’s show disappointed me – 3 good acts!

Kojo was on first and although it could be said that he was talking a little too fast, it seemed to lend itself to the pace of his story-telling. He recognised his audience were there for a Friday night and kept the subjects well tailored. Even if you cut out the crude jokes that appeal to a standard audience, the variety of subjects was well received.

James Goldsbury seemed to struggle at the beginning, losing the audience for a moment here and there but did manage to draw them back in after sadly resorting to crude jokes, but still, I was laughing. It did feel like during those moments he was waiting too long for a reaction. He did however get into the swing of things after starting with observations of accents, which did seem even funnier when you consider his Dublin accent.

The headline act was Geoff Boyz. Word of caution here – don’t eat before seeing him, you may be seeing it again after laughing so much. His observational comedy about every day life was from a completely different angle that no one has ever considered but my favourite was the short routine impersonation of Robert de Niro. Jeff has been with Funnybone since the beginning 19 years ago and it was obvious that he was very comfortable on stage, even incorporating the strangest heckle I’ve witnessed into his routine – a woman on the front table needed to visit the ladies and her friends were loudly telling her to just go and walk around the back. Unfortunately, this was in the middle of a particular joke and I’ll never hear the punchline of that one as Geoff then launched into his take on the “silent pee” when you’re staying around a friend’s place. This went down so well the evening concluded with my friends and I discussing our own “silent pee methods” for twenty minutes. When a comedy gig ends with such a discussion, you know it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

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