Robin Ince
The Importance
of Being Interested
Showing at
10th September 2013
Reviewed By
Robin Ince managed to build up his entrance onto the stage with the help
of a large screen and PowerPoint; so before he even walked out the audience
had an idea of the nature of his show and his style of comedy. At first
I was concerned that maybe his show might have a target audience; with
Ince being a science enthusiast and perhaps his stand up might not be
as universal other comedians shown at Unity Theatre. Luckily Ince was
instantly likeable for all his passion and even if the odd science based
joke slid quietly over my head, I still found his show enjoyable and thought
provoking.
At times, perhaps he ventured into humorous lecturer rather than stand
up comedian, but his observations kept even us ‘non science enthusiasts’
interested. To have our general lack of interest highlighted was remarkable,
as Ince pondered where along the route it became a bad thing to ask questions
and not know the answers to things, certainly made me think and prompted
a wonderful discussion on the way home after the show. Ignorance is something
that we as a society think we cannot tolerate; but to be able to admit
we are ignorant about certain things and its simply impossible for one
person to know everything and anything about any given subject at any
given time is laughable – and that where Ince soars.
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