The gulf between entertaining on pre-recorded television and live on stage is rather wide.
Sadly, Sean Kelly struggled to traverse it.
As he bounded on-stage, optimism was high and so was his confidence, highlighted by his shining grin.
Yet, this optimism soon drifted into disappointment as the TV star powered into performing a long list of international accents, jokes sniggering at stereotypes and generally a routine of antiquated, joke-book comedy.
Imagine paying to see Uri Geller, but while you wait to see him bend a spoon, he tells knock-knock jokes.
To make these jokes even more frustrating, Kelly’s were frequently uncomfortably offensive.
Thankfully, Kelly knew where his bread was buttered.
His fame is solely down to the outrageous success of Storage Hunters, and he knows it.
The second half of his show happily pandered to the crowd, displaying his impressive auctioneer abilities.
Assorted tat from Tiger and Poundland was handed out as he used his world-famous vocals to raise money for Help For Heroes.
Kelly excused himself, as he said that he “had to cut the comedy short” to fit the festival format.
It was just a shame he had to cut it so much.
Two stars
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