Tonight we hopped on the Victoria and the District lines, and waggled our merry arses over to the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith to see some comedy. Former Perrier winners, Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness, and creaters of 2004's Channel 4 cult show Garth Merenghi's Dark Place were trying out new material for their forthcoming show "Deano's After Dark".
The idea of the show is Deano (from Dark Place) hosting a chat show with his celebrity friends (all played by Matthew Holness). According to one friend who we saw it with, it simply reeked of a bad Alan Partridge copy. The material was very weak and it simply dragged. An unexpected interval in the 70 minute performance was a huge relief.
Given I remember liking Dark Place (although I don't think I saw it all), this was simply disappointing. One can only hope that they find some good material before the show proper gets made.
Erm... Deano.... 'Dave'
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