We went to the Bloomsbury to see a double bill of two of the finest satirical comedians on the circuit. Having already seen Rob Newman's show as a work in progress back in January of this year it was good to see it again now, months on, when it's been finely honed after weeks of travelling the country. It's tough to argue with his in-depth and historical look at the reasons for the war in Iraq. It's so because of oil and America's need to own it. Anyone walking away from this show thinking otherwise was not paying attention.
Mark Thomas's half was more of a talk about the Arms Fair held over at Exel which he managed to get into with relative ease, and the video he recorded doing this, and other similar things. The video was on sale outside, so it was almost like a sales pitch. But funny and interesting all the same. It was only after 10 minutes of his half did I remember I'd seen him not 2 weeks before doing an opener to the Firesign Theatre group, as he repeated some of the material.
The finale/encore saw Mark and Rob come on stage together to do a number together with a ukulele backing. An hilarious bit of frivolity to finish on.
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