This was a late addition to my itinerary, only added in the morning as I saw Aisling Bea was tonight's (the opening night) special guest. The Free Association is a London-based improv theatre-group and workshop, which would normally compel me to hate them, but they were very funny.
The format was Aisling would do a bit of stand-up based on random words the audience threw out, then the group would improvise a series of sketches based on what she said. The first one fell a little flat but everyone got into the swing of things and the whole gig sailed effortlessly by. Full disclosure - I was flagging quite a bit by this point and may not have been giving proceedings my full laser-like focus.
I was also somewhat distracted by Ms. Bea, the third woman I fell in love with that day (hey, can't I just have them all, like Pokemon?). I'll be seeing her solo show later but it was great to see her so close and confirm how sharp and funny she is. Very small, and a bit boney too it has to be said. But fab.
A good way to end the day. The Free Association were all very talented funny people, but I was focused rather more on the wee special guest star.
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