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Charmian Hughes: Fringe 2012
Somehow, I thought the apocalypse would be better organised than this.
Charmian Hughes is marking the Mayans’ End Of Days with voguesh lo-fi charm: a seven-panel advent calendar concealing home-sketched drawings that supposedly encapsulate the situation.
But the forced theme does not suit her well, requiring all manner of long-winded setups to try to shoehorn her one-liners into the conceit. And because there’s no genuine narrative, the hour is muddled and laboured as she tries to create one from nothing.
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The jokes themselves cover the entire spectrum, to the tricksy puns you admire despite the strained wordplay, to gags a Christmas cracker manufacturer might baulk at. ‘We have sheepdog trials. What have the sheepdog done?’ Or a line that confuses Wii with wee. Oh dear. Then there’s the ‘what if
The show is delivered with a folksy down-to-earth charm. After one lovely geographical pun, Hughes utters a modest ‘thank you’ at the reaction, as she was clearly brought up to be polite. She likes knitting and showing us a teenage scrapbook she made. She could be Josie Long’s mum.
But that only gets you so far, and the show is too heavily concerned on talking nonsense around the arbitrary apocalyptic theme, and someone who trades in short jokes need them to come quicker than this. There are a few other bits of business to vary the tone, such as a game from a 1912 book she found that doesn’t pay off, or a ‘dance of the seven cardigans’ which is a bit more daft, and a suitable closer in tone, if not in content given all this end-of-the-world build-up.
It’s an hour of amiable bumbling, but not enough to induce much rapture.
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Sat 6 Jul 2013
- Downstairs at the King's Head
- 20:30
- £11 (£7 concs)
- Harriet Kemsley, Pete Cain, Charmian Hughes (MC)
Sun 7 Jul 2013
- Poodle Club
- 20:00~23:00
- Free, voluntary donation at the end
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Sat 3 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
- Free, voluntary contribution at the end
Sun 4 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Mon 5 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Tue 6 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Wed 7 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Thu 8 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Fri 9 Aug 2013
- Charmian Hughes: Odd One In
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Sun 11 Aug 2013
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- Banshee Labyrinth
- 15:10~16:10
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Tue 13 Aug 2013
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Wed 14 Aug 2013
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- Banshee Labyrinth
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Thu 15 Aug 2013
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Fri 16 Aug 2013
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Sat 17 Aug 2013
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Sun 18 Aug 2013
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- Banshee Labyrinth
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Mon 19 Aug 2013
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- 15:10~16:10
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Tue 20 Aug 2013
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Wed 21 Aug 2013
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Thu 22 Aug 2013
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Fri 23 Aug 2013
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Sat 24 Aug 2013
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Kathy - 22/02/2013
Charmian came out to perform for us in Winchester after a couple of our members saw her perform and found her act very amusing. The written feeback from our members was very positive and many quoted jokes or witty comments. She clearly struck a cord with our female audience.
Raff - 19/07/2012
Utterly funny and witty!
Karen - 11/07/2012
We saw Charmian last night at the Hall Moon, what a treat such witty, apocalyptic comedy!
Matt Whistler - 28/05/2012
Bloody hilarious don't really understand why shes not been picked up in the industry sense
Matt Whistler - 28/05/2012
Bloody great fun with a spirited feel
Christine Neillands - 23/03/2011
The best thing for me about Charmian is her presence on stage. Quite apart from her jokes being funny - Charmian is funny! Really enjoyed the Hob in Feb!
Sheb K Hauser - 28/09/2003
Charmian will never rock like Bill Hicks, however she did a great job of compering at the Kings Head (Crouch End) and was actually a lot better than some of the leading acts.
Nikki - 22/12/2002
We saw Charmian at the Magdala in East Dulwich, London and the house roared. She has a unique way of making everday life make sense.