Second woman I fell in love with today was, of course, Ms. Conti. I have been championing Ms. Conti on these 'ere virtual pages for years so it was great to finally see her in the (glorious) flesh.
I decided to sit in the second row this time (smart move). For those who don't know, Nina is a ventriloquist (among other things) - the story of how she became one and her influences are well documented (not least in the absurdly touching BBC documentary "A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice") and she's honed her act to perfection. This perfection was clearly on display tonight.
The only problem was it was effectively the same act she's been doing for a long time - if you've seen either of her "Live At The Apollo" stints you've seen the format of the show. Of course it's an improv show when she gets audience members up on stage, straps faces to them and uses them as life-sized dummies so the contents are very different (she got two women up - from the front row - and a whole family from the rear of the theatre) - and the show was absolutely hilarious. Just the format could do with a bit of a shake up s'all.
And then she did something wonderful right at the end which made me fall for her all over again.
Ah, Nina. One day you will be mine. Oh yes, you will be mine ...
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