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Scott Capurro’s Position
Posted by Martin in Brett Herriot, Gilded Baloon, Scott Capurro's Position on August 17, 2011
COMEDY*** Scott Capurro’s Position
Gilded Balloon
The chat show continues to appeal to many stand-up comedians as an additional show during the festival. The Gilded balloon has placed Scott in the talk show chair alongside David Mills making it a truly gay and camp chat show hour.
The guests at my viewing were the immaculate and articulate Simon Callow who is enjoying a sell-out run with Tuesday at Tesco’s. He was completely engaging and got a great reception from the audience. The interview was intercut with a performance from Northern Theatre Companies “Sweet Charity” which gave the show variation.
The show is not bad overall and there are laughs to be had but you do kind of feel that is just a filler show in the gilded diary, one of which isn’t getting sell-out crowds to attend. The acts feature can’t all be to the standard of Mr Callow and “Sweet Charity”, therefore on a bad day it’s probably hit and miss.
If you’ve got an hour to spare around late afternoon then this show is good way to fill it. Watch out for Scott’s trademark sassy humour which is aimed at the gay audience but works just as well on those who aren’t LGBT.
Scott Capurro’s Position
Posted by Martin in Gilded Baloon, Jodie Fleming-Stanley, Scott Capurro's Position on August 10, 2011
COMEDY**** Scott Capurro’s Position
Gilded Ballon
This is one of two shows Capurro has this festival, and this one is a two-man chat show he presents with the amazing David Mills. Together, these two queens are invincible – with their acid humour and knowledge about everything on the planet!
They introduce a different panel of guests every day, and when I was there it was Nicholas Parsons (I found him rather arrogant); Melvin Brown (maniacally laughed the whole way through his interview – he’s either the cheeriest or highest man alive!) and Dave Lynn (a.m.a.z.i.n.g. live singing drag queen – I want to see his show now!!) Capurro and Mills are stronger than the sum of their guests, although taking the entities of Mills and Capurro and knowledge of their existing chat show in London, I thought the result would be verbal carnage. However instead of a diatribe of abuse, the interviews were really well structured. Capurro and Mills clearly had a lot of respect and adoration for each of their guests, and this showed another dimension to both of their personalities. This is a professional yet funny show, which is more like a big group chat show as Capurro and Mills invite total audience interaction too. Capurro throws in a bit of controversy – ‘women can’t do comedy because they have feelings” yet it’s all so tongue in cheek that even a militant feminist can’t get too pissed off. Mills’ perspective on showbizz – ‘Iit’s not all cocaine and blowjobs from Paloma Faith … you’re lucky to get a titwank from Peaches Geldof’
A fantastic way to spend an hour, in the company of two amazing men who will have you in rapturous laughter! Capurro and Mills acidly take on the world, while showcasing the best of the fest.
