Adam Tempest’s set is a decidedly mixed bag, with a couple of stand-out segments surrounded by some long-winded nonsense. His delivery is too static, where a more animated approach would have infused his verbatim tales of cross-purpose phone calls and silly practical jokes with a bit more energy.
The central ideas of his set are basically strong, however, and this newbie just needs a touch of the editing pencil.
New act night with Jimmy O'Neill, Caro Sparks, Joanne Morgan, Mark Cornell, Dave Bromage, Jane Bostock, Yariv as Dave Zonk, Adam Tempest, Paulo Ferrari, Jim Barakat, Deepu, Robert White, Eli Silverman