Talking Cock was comedian Richard Herring's response to The Vagina Monologues.

The big difference is the Vagina Monologues is a serious play that gets its point across by being funny, while this was stand up that wanted to be taken seriously.

Why we find the penis an object of derision was the main thrust of Herring's routine, with some pertinent points raised.

Why was John Wayne Bobbitt being castrated funny? Why is male impotence often seen as a joke?

Using a backdrop of statistics and quotes taken from the public and projected on to the stage behind him, his intelligent ponderings on masculinity, cultural identity and sexual anthropology were punctuated with one liners about pork swords and lesbian nuns.

An intriguing show which managed to be at least amusing and occasionally hilarious.