The format of the show is he had a couple of guests on, then did a charity auction for Help For Heroes, allowing him to both raise some money for a very worthy cause (he is a former veteran who served in Iraq and was injured) and for him to perform, what I presume is, his auctioneering schtick.
First off, he made for quite a pleasant host. Initially I was slightly put off - another loud American - but warmed to him as he seemed genuinely interested in his guests and the audience.
His first guests were a magician duo called Morgan And West, who had two headline shows this year - a kids' magic show and their proper show which was on in the same venue immediately after this gig. Usually magicians leave me pretty cold but this pair seemed quite engaging. They carried out a card trick - one they had said had been pared back to the bone to show the "essence" of a card trick and pretty impressive it was too. I doubt I'll go and see their show but they were engaging and interesting guests.
The second guests were a couple of members of the Murder She Didn't Write troupe and they were interesting too. Their show is an improvised version of Cluedo. At the start of the show an audience member is selected at random and tells the troupe the murder victim, the implement, the murderer and the whole audience selects a theme - the troupe then improvise around that. All seems good fun. The two were engaging and interesting (I didn't catch their names but the red-haired lady was both an actress and director of the show).
The show concluded with an auction, which I had been dreading but turned out to be good fun with Mr. Kelly bringing the celebrity showmanship. Several of the audience were into it and a decent amount of cash - not far off £100 by my reckoning - was raised.
It was a decent enough show and whiled away another hour, but hardly essential. Probably helps if you're familiar with Mr. Kelly and/or his guests are interesting.
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