The Invisible Dot Club (14/02/09) – Unedited
Posted by jameskettle on February 14, 2009
The middle of a recession may not seem like the ideal time to launch
an experimental new comedy enterprise, but it seems there are still
promoters willing to gamble on pulling in punters with something more
imaginative than the familiar old four acts, one compere and a mic
set-up. Launching with a show at the hipsters’ paradise of Camden’s
Proud Galleries, the Invisible Dot Club plans to offer themed nights
featuring a quixotic mix of stand-up, sketches, music, art and video,
and including the promise of live endoscopies – whether it’s the
performers or the audience who’ll need the strongest stomachs is
unclear. It’d be easy to see this as all a bit cooler-than-thou, were
it not for the mass of top quality talent involved. The bill for the
opening night features the rightly venerated Daniel Kitson (heir to
Eddie Izzard’s old role as the best comic you never see on TV), quirky
Aussie muso Tim Minchin, and elder statesmen of alternative comedy
Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon and Arthur Smith.
