Patrick Monahan
Stories & Fables For Kids Who Like To Sit At Tables
Sun 20 Jun 2010 3pm
Studio £7.75 (£5.75)
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New stories written and told by a 467 year-old Middle Eastern storyteller (who looks and sounds a lot like award-winning stand-up comedian Patrick Monahan) for kids aged 5 to 105.
It is surely a sign of an accomplished comedian when they can have both adults and children in stitches at the same time. Monahan, through a mixture of wit, slap stick and surrealism manages this feat. Playing the 467 year-old bard, Monahan takes us through the story of Ali the Quiz Master. Ali travels the globe challenging anyone to get one of his questions right.
Through this series of cunning questions, Ali gains a diamond for each wrong answer, and duly gets very rich. Being a fable, Ali’s greed for diamonds obviously leads him into trouble.
A genuinely funny show for adults as well as children, which demonstrates Monahan’s wide ranging comic ability.
“…playful, infectious, relentlessly affable.” The List
“…a likeable comic with incredible verbal fluency, an unstoppable force of nature.” The Guardian
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