Ross Noble: Things (2010)

That title should have read 'Ross Noble: Nonsensory Overload (02/12/10, York Grand Opera House)', but sadly, due to a combination of snow, my recent operation and fears we'd be stuck in York with no means of getting home to Leeds, last night we made the decision to miss Ross Noble's live show. It's the first time I've ever missed anything like that with the tickets already paid for, but the priority was my health and our comfort, and with temperatures supposedly forecast for -10°C we did not want to be stranded on a train platform all night. 

So after a tasty meal out, we returned to the warm (relative to outside) flat and instead put in the Ross Noble DVD that had arrived that very morning. The new DVD is 'Things' from Ross' last tour, which we also saw in York on 10/05/09, and filmed in Manchester. Some of the material was familiar to us, but a lot was improvised on the night of filming, as per Ross' style. Having seen Ross live on 3 occasions previously, including at Grassington Festival in June this year, we weren't too put out at missing him this time. The DVD made up for it, with 136 minutes of laughter, with a bonus 10 minutes that was unexpected, found when a pineapple symbol appeared on screen. Clicking enter took us to a piece of footage from the previous night's show where Ross donned a bubble-wrap suit that a member of the audience had left for him. 

Ross' genius for comedy knows no equal. His FAST thinking brain never loses track of what he's talking about, often returning to a subject long after you've forgotten about it, because he's pinged off to another idea, and another, and another. Things was a great show, and now we have 2 more DVDs in the set to enjoy, for as usual, Ross hasn't skimped on the extra material! Having said that, I think we've got hours of extra shows on his other 5 DVDs we've not even watched yet, so there's plenty to keep us going until he next tours - with a bit of luck he'll actually make it to Leeds!