Bradley Walsh
The Wife's New Shoes Tour 2010
Congress Theatre
Eastbourne
30th June 2010
Eastbourne represented the penultimate venue for Bradley's latest tour. Only The Lighthouse in Poole was left to play the next day.
Before I get to Mr Walsh I must pay credit to Bradley's support act, Tucker. Tucker is a local lad being from Eastbourne himself.
He too is a comedian, very much along the lines of Bradley Walsh. For a show where stand-up-comedy was the theme this was a good choice, especially as he was very good. It would have been awful to see a bad comedy warm up for a well known artist. But this was not the case and funny Tucker (took care to spell those two words correctly!) was well received by the Eastbourne audience.That just left Bradley Walsh to try and entertain us for the remaining hour and a half or so.
And entertain the Eastbourne crowd he did. In many places following the script he had planned beforehand and in just as many other moments doing the completely unpredictable. As an actor Bradley is great. As a stand up comedian, like his best buddy Joe Pasquale, he has the ability to keep an audience laughing from beginning to end.
OK it was nowhere near a sell-out, so few shows are these days, but I heard nothing but good things muttered about Bradley Walsh's performance when the curtain came down at the end.
This was the first time we had seen Bradley Walsh but it won't be the last. If the current tour hadn't been ending I'd have even been tempted to see this show again.
I am sure my good lady won't mind me saying this but it takes a very good comedian to keep her entertained? As she raved about the complete show afterwards being so incredibly funny throughout (and continued to laugh long after) Bradley Walsh has made a fussy comedy critic very happy! She assures me this praise has nothing to do with the kiss she got from Bradley after the show.
Perhaps, in the future, Bradley and Joe Pasquale may consider doing a combined comedy tour together? It would make a great show. You can see how many years (25+) Bradley has known Joe by the superb impressions he does of him.
Many people try to do a take on Joe's 'squeak' but Bradley for me has his it spot-on. It is clear from this show that they have shared many hilarious times together - it seems a shame not to do a comedy tour sometime.
I hope you enjoy the clips below. When Bradley suddenly whipped my wife's crutch onto the stage I had to grab the camera quick - I've tagged a couple of clips after it to make a sort of mini Bradley Walsh promo video.
Incidentally Bradley has a great official web site at www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/ which is kept well updated with his latest projects both theatrical and on TV.
If you would like to see more of my pictures of Bradley at the Congress Theatre you can view them here fdpt.org.uk/bradley-walsh-wifes-new-shoes.htm
For a show that kept us laughing there is only one appropriate score.
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I WENT TO SEE BRADLEYS SHOW LAST MONTH IN CRAWLEY, AND I MUST SAY ,BOTH MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF WERE DISAPPOINTED,HAVING SEEN HIM YEARS AGO BEFORE HE TURNED HIS HAND TO ACTING,HE WAS A LOT FUNNIER THEN.PERHAPS IF WE HADNT SEEN HIM LIVE BEFORE, WE MIGHT HAVE FELT DIFFERENTLY, BUT HE KEPT LOOSING TRACK OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND HE TENDED TO WAFFLE A LOT, BURNT OUT WE THOUGHT.BUT HIS SUPPORTING ACT "TUCKER" WAS VERY, VERY GOOD. WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A LOT MORE OF HIM, HE WAS LIKE A YOUNG BRADLEY, AND MUCH FUNNIER.
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