Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

We didn't know what to expect and some of our group enjoyed it more than others, there was some interesting content (not all of it around the theme) and some amusement but not sure the format particularly worked, some of us really enjoyed the art singer but none of the audience asked questions, I guess it's too big a subject and audience to feel able to ask a question!

This was a three-hander with an M.C. to signpost, link and summarise each speaker's content. The M.C. did a very reasonable job. However, today's speakers (apparently they vary from day to day) - 8th August - didn't provide a coherent flow on the topic of Games. The first on was a comedian, and he provided a good platform for the second and third speakers. Unfortunately, the second speaker - an academic - took a faltering while before grabbing The Russell Paradox by the neck, while the third speaker, a supposed philosopher-comedian, was not able to provide a coherent or linear message about Games /the games people play, never mind providing any comedic content. University students, as well as (older) students of the world and of life, are, on this showing, unlikely to be convinced that Philosophy and Comedy could become creative partners. This is really sad - especially as, here, such a partnership must have been part of the presenting group's original intention. But the group have a month to work on it.