Terry Alderton, Bloomsbury Theatre - review - Comedy - Arts

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Balancing these personae, however, is difficult. On Saturday the audience seemed to prefer his borderline politically incorrect foreign accents and brilliant mimicry. Alderton did such a wonderfully fidgety Lee Evans impression one believed the madcap loon had hijacked the stage.

When Alderton's Steven Berkoff-toned alter ego kicked in, the response was muted. During an uneasy routine about marital difficulties one didn't know whether to laugh or refer him to Relate.

It did not help that there were a few hitches with musical cues but Alderton handled the glitches with good grace and an inspired cockney robot dance. He also - note to Billy Connolly - handled hecklers well.

At his best he combined the surreal wizardry of Eddie Izzard, the laddishness of Micky Flanagan and the distinctly unhinged. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes uncomfortable, uniquely intriguing.

Terry Alderton
Bloomsbury Theatre
WC1