Arthur Smith: At Large (21/02/10, WYP)

In the first of many already-booked evenings out at the theatre in 2010, we popped along to the West Yorkshie Playhouse to see Arthur Smith's stand up show. I wasn't sure what to expect, and mostly we took a chance as we'd only seen Smith on shows like QI or Grumpy Old Men, so we had no idea what his solo stand up show would be like. 

Smith provided an evening of jokes, anecdotes, tall tales, readings from his autobiography, a Leonard Cohen impersonation, poetry, a surprise guest slot from comedian Dan Bland, and questions/comments from the audience. All in all it was an amusing, fun night out. I've not seen a live act quite like Arthur Smith and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Even though I'd heard several of his actual jokes before, and the audience was worringly much older than us, I was most definitely entertained. His best joke: 'Did you know that 1 in 3 Americans weighs as much as the other two?'