A show which works for their audience’s approval, Robin Grainger and Gregor Wappler don’t automatically expect your applause. In a semi-improvised stand-up performance, the two Scotsmen have compiled bits and pieces of stories together and attempt to amuse the crowd for an hour. Working well as a team, the two comedians seem to genuinely want to make you laugh and are pretty successful, even if the show does feel a little haphazardly thrown together.
Both Scottish Comedian of the Year Semi-finalists, the comedy duo have a lot of potential. Grainger is a great storyteller and his anecdotes are well complimented by Wappler’s punchlines. Drawing on their life-experiences, the two describe life in Scotland for a pair of ordinary guys like themselves and are pretty likeable in their honesty. The show was varied and they managed to keep the pace going throughout the performance, although it did feel like something might go wrong at any minute.
Promising a new show every day with special guests from the comedy circuit, the ambitiously improvised stand-up show relies on a responsive audience and whilst people were laughing, a different crowd may not be as receptive. Overall though the two have a lot to give and, judging by their performance the other night, they definitely deserve some applause.
