Comedy Society stun audience with witty banter

Going along to the Comedy Society’s “Some Context” show on Monday night, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect.

Although a few of them write very amusing pieces for The Tab (clang), it takes a lot of skill to be a funny comedic presence on-stage, let alone a group of funny student comedians. So I was happily surprised when every single one of them delivered sets that had the audience in fits. “Some Context” was a collaborative show, and the Comedy Society was joined by the Improv and Creative Writing societies. Not only this, but the show was also held in association with Aberdeen Nightline, as part of Nightline’s awareness week.

Tom McGinn

The night began with an introduction by the Comedy President, Tom McGinn, and a small speech by David Ferguson about Nightline as a listening service. Admittedly, this wasn’t very funny – but the service is a hugely important organisation that deserves far more support. The Improv society then kicked off with a series of games. Whilst they were funny, an audience member, Rick, stole the show when he was bullied up onstage by his friends with his witty, deliberately difficult delivery. Kudos to Rick. Ladies – form a queue.

Improv

The Creative Writing Society then delivered one poem and two short stories. The poem was amusing, yes, but the delivery pretty self-important, and the short story about the pigeon whisperer lost our attention. In all honesty, we nipped out for a fag break during the last short story. I have faith that their work is probably better on paper than spoken softly into a microphone.
Finally, the Comedy Society stormed the stage. They were all hilarious but a few stood out among the rest. Their newest addition, Lizzy, had the audience doubled over and her performance was outstanding. Keep an eye out for this swedish bombshell.

Elizabeth Olofsson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVyvBUhZW38

Irish Lee’s unspeakably racist joke about his mother’s sex life was also fantastic, although he was slightly disappointed when Rick again joined him onstage for a topless sketch. Apparently he was gunning for the cocky girl with her cleavage out.

Lee Brophy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPf2X6eLppc

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Mitch Skilling and Vince Price also gave stellar performances, with Vince’s tale into the S&M world of Aberdeen shocking and delighting everyone.

Vincent Price

Robert Starr’s mainly improvised set was outstanding and very impressive – for a medic he has a wicked sense of humour. And you can’t mention Robert without talking about Tom, his flatmate, who also gave a great performance. In the future, we’d like to see them do a double act.

Rob Starr

However, the star of the show had to go to the headliner, Hugh Davies, whose musical comedy betrayed a lot of talent in both respects. Thank god for pushy Asian mothers (his words, not ours.) Not only was his set brilliant but he had a knack for reading and interacting with the audience. Keep an eye on this one – he’ll go far.

Hugh Davies

Although that was their last show, the Comedy Society are going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year for a week and, if you can, I implore you to go and see them. Aberdeen may not be famous for many things, but damn it produces some funny people.

Rick Anderson – the real star of the show.

Photos by Julia Franke