REVIEW: Absolutely Themeless | Sounds Proper Comedy | Ft. Rachel Morton Young, Jaleelah Galbraith and Colin Etches
Aug 6/7, 13/14, 20/21, 27/28 | 9pm | Online Scheduled | Get Tickets
Looking for some weekend entertainment but don’t wanna leave the house? Look no further than Absolutely Themeless.
With the help of Sounds Proper Comedy, three comedians with absolutely nothing in common and who have never met in real life come together to provide you with a rip-roaring evening of hilarious entertainment.
It opens up with Rachel Morton Young (coming in live all the way from Holland) discussing all the problems and anecdotes we seem to share that have come about from corona. She does this in a manner that is relatable to everyone who has struggled through this pandemic, like how now one can fit in their jeans anymore.
Second, we see Jaleelah Galbraith who reminisces about the nineties. Particular highlights include Dream Phone, Encanta 95 and Living and Kicking. This is cleverly intertwined with some in your face feminism. Maybe slap bands are the reason millennials like BDSM? It’s weird, it’s wonderful, and it just works!
Wrapping up the evening we find Colin Etches who openly jokes about his neurodiversity but, in his own words, this is not a TED Talk. Listen as he bluntly queries conspiracy theories he heard down the pub on covid, politics and religion. After the mental year we’ve all had it suddenly seems feasible that the royal family are lizards.
Spend your evening laughing yourself silly with this diverse group of comics!
The Arts Business Top Tips:
- Comedy can be a remarkably isolated industry to work in. Remember most time spent as a comedian is sitting in your house, often on your own, writing material which you hope is funny. Sounds Proper Comedy are helping comedians come together, learn from each other, and know they’re not alone. How can you reach out and create links with your clients and community?
- Absolutely Themeless used green screen so comedians perform on the same stage graphic created out of the show’s branding. It is a great way both to unify the showcase and give the audience a real feeling that they’re on a night out. Widely accessible and easy to use technology can be used so effectively to amplify your show and brand.
- It’s the first show I’ve attended on zoom which encourages audience members to keep their mics on. Hearing the crowds laughter definitely invigorated the comedians and encouraged the audience to laugh more (both at the jokes and other peoples hilarious laugh styles). If you’re a comic or your act encourages audience interaction don’t be afraid to give this a try.
I take costume parties as a challenge. I must have the best, most unique and original costume. To date, I have been a burger, Audrey Two (the Venus flytrap in Little Shop of Horrors) and an extremely convincing Eminem. But for this, I was something even better: the greatest children’s franchise of my youth, maybe even my adulthood. From the Legendary Pokémon: the amazing Pikachu!
I had the best costume and the best night drinking a few bottles of rosé at the pre-house party and then hitting the club! It is amazing how many men I could have gone home with wearing a Pikachu outfit! Single ladies take note! Although I cannot vouch for the calibre of gentlemen you may attract. Try this pulling technique at your own peril.
“I think you need to go to hospital.”
My sister’s first love was a Bristol Shubunkin called Squiggle, named for the black wiggly line on his nose (which he grew up he grew out of but renaming him Squiggless, my very witty 7-year-old suggestion, was deemed out of the question!) It was the first pet that was just hers, no one elses.
We had been on holiday for a week. I don’t remember where, most likely Cornwall, but I do recall there was a massive heatwave! The kind where shorts and a vest are too many layers and cars become uncomfortably sticky saunas. The kind of hot cars dogs die in. We had been in such a car for hours. In short, we were boiling, angry and miserable, and in my parents’ case, forgetful.
My sister of course was very eager to be reunited with her beloved Squiggle. She ran into the kitchen where she let out an almighty high-pitched scream before sprinting upstairs, floods of tears streaming down her face, where she promptly entered her bedroom and slammed the door.
