 For
years Geoff has followed the Fringe career of the comic phenomenon that
is Ross Noble and it is only the past three years that I have witnessed
this comic genius, who sells out all over the world except Shetland!
Part
of the excitement of going to a Ross Noble gig is wondering what
creation from his somewhat strange mind has been developed into the
latest set? Edinburgh
Playhouse being only the 5th date of this ‘Nobleism’ tour
2007 all I am willing to say is that it gets a big double thumbs up from
us.
This
Geordie is so personable and his comedy appeals to such a wide audience
I am never surprised that his audiences range from older teenagers to
the retired mature generations. The Edinburgh Playhouse packs in about
3,000 and it is truly superb to hear this mass laughing and groaning as
one whilst he guides us from one unrelated topic to another then yet
another and finally back to the first.
His subject tangents are so off kilter he can cover, Pizza, vets,
Jackie Chan Style, Italian Golem, Pavarotti’s funeral, glass eyes,
irrectile dysfunction, tiny easels, scrolls, shoes, Disney World on Ice,
Muslims, taxi drivers and dressage, the difference between having a nice
day and having a great day, the joys of owning a Shetland pony and his
addiction to Kinder Surprise Eggs!
 Back
to the Shetland story, Ross went to Orkney but the cost of going up to
Shetland with his crew and set is so huge he thinks it would be cheaper
to bring the population of the island to the mainland instead. There
were a group of five who took 19 hours to travel down to Edinburgh for
this gig. Not only has Ross and his wife got a live Shetland pony, but
this gang brought another one all the way with them to give him.
What
ever planet Ross lives on, it would do the world good for a few of us to
visit from time to time and come back a little more like him.
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