It's always a pleasure to see Matt Price back on God's side of the Tamar.
It's always a pleasure to find a new live comedy venue in Cornwall.
Thursday (Feb 2nd) saw Matt headline a new venue at Pentewan and he was in good form. He did one of his trademark walkabouts and persuaded two of the audience on to the stage for 10 minutes of improvised comedy that had something of the look and feel of a chatshow, think: 'Michael Parkinson + a spliff'.
Having raised the energy of the room by a couple of notches he moved on to his prepared material.
The Fish Factory story has developed since I last heard it and he told me (over a glass of lemonade) that it will be part of his next Edinburgh show - working title: 'Face Value'. He also did some perennial favourites. I have seen several variations on the 'Russian Coffee' visual gag over a couple of years and it still makes me laugh.
The new club - The Sea Horse - is a bit of a challenge, to say the least. Launching a new venue on a bitterly cold February night in rural / coastal Cornwall takes a degree of optimism and organisational skills that deserve to succeed.
If the opening night of The Sea Horse is anything to go by, it will.
The Sea Horse web site is here:
http://www.seahorsecornwall.co.uk/
and Matt's site is here: