Second night in a row for me at AFVS, mainly because they had a certain act on the bill but you seldom need an excuse to spend time with Lili ...
Six acts on the bill tonight. They were ...
- The Three Belles - I'll come back to them.
- Aaron Calvert - a pretty good mind reader act. Brought a member of the audience onstage and proceeded to carry out a long trick involving dice and momopoly stations. I'm selling it short - it was very well done and I enjoyed it but I'm sure his full show is better (they only get about 8 - 10 minutes each).
- Patrick Monahan - funny Irish comedian who completely ripped the pish out of a group in the audience mainly because one of them had been picked out by Lili at the start of the show to shout at the climax of her "warming up the crowd" routine at the start, "Lily! Who's your daddy!?" (look, it works in context). Anyway, he was good fun.
- Ulrike Storch - very good gymnast/circus type act who juggled, with her feet, an assortment of hoops, tubes and umbrellas, then did them all together while not wearing many clothes. Most impressive.
- Jesus L'Oreal (aka Christ On A Bike) - saw him last year and it was the same act. A good act though. Basically Disco Jesus reimagined as a comedy burlesque act if I was to pigeonhole it. Good clean fun.
- Beatbox Collective - didn't imagine I'd like this but it was excellent. Five guys beatboxing. In a collective. But very clever and skillful with loads of sound effects and gags thrown in. Really good.
Back to the Belles. They only had time to perform two songs and they did them to backing tracks this time (different outfits too) - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and 'Seafood Mama" (complete with shouted "FISH" audience participation). I was a bit disappointed they could only do two tunes but that's cabaret I guess. They were splendid and wonderful as always. The Belles were first on but stayed to watch the whole show.
And of course there was Lili. Songs, frocks and general patter were the same as the previous night with a few changes depending on what the audience gave her. Still great and Lili remains as staggering as ever.
As we were walking out Lili was wishing everyone well at the door. My head was going "ask for a selfie ask for a selfie ask for a selfie ..." but I didn't. I just mumbled "Thanks for another great show Lili", she just smiled and was already looking past me. The Belles weren't doing greetings or flyering but were milling around outside. "Right, just go over and say hello. Nothing creepy about that." So I took a deep breath, strode purposefully forward then veered sharply to the left to avoid them. Those decades of stomach-dropping nerve-shredding muscle-memory still in fine working order ...
Good show, nice eclectic line-up and any show that has Lili AND The Belles on it is a good show.
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