The Stand

Didn't do a lot during the day whilst Cyclops was out diving. Went swimming and got some groceries in.

In the evening we went to The Stand to see a comedian that we had seen a brief bit of during the Fringe.

In this routine, Wil Hodgson spoke about his early influences (including comic books, the Pink Ladies and Carry On films) and how these shaped his sexuality and sexual interests.

Wil's delivery was quite different, more of an autobiographical monologue than your usual stand up comedy. Also less laugh out loud than your usual stand up comedy. Plus of course it was about sexuality. Something in this led to a fairly low turn-out and several people leaving during the performance.

But it was good in so many ways. It felt honest and authentic and self consistent. I felt empathy and understanding around what he said even though we had few shared experiences. Although the subject-matter tiptoed around the deviant it wasn't crass in the slightest. It felt warm, and intelligent, and overwhelmingly simply interesting.

Clearly was not everyone's cup of tea though.