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This show lacks substance and fails to deliver on the promises offered as we walked in; chiefly that they never picked on their audience, and that we would enjoy the show better if we moved nearer the front. They mislead on both counts.

Joe opens by asking who has come for the lap dance. After some lengthy, awkward banter he labels the front row “slappers,” pulls them up on stage and tries to auction them off for 50p, before asking them to dance in an awkward Bollywood style.  Other attempts at comedy involve asking who in the audience was brown, then asking the audience to smile inanely and tilt their heads from side to side.

Second up, Mawaan Rizwan, a self-proclaimed "YouTube sensation" proceeds to tell us about twerking and pulls up someone else from the audience to copy the move. He asks us to provide the backing noise by chanting 'twerk.'  One entire row of the audience plays around with that word and chants something else back entirely, then leaves.

The final act, Russ, comes on stage and promises there will be no more dancing; it seems things are on the up. He even makes a few quips which make the audience smile and relax after the awkward opening two acts. Unfortunately he then descends into a summary of his thoughts on racism, lacking punchlines, and finishes with a nod to Ronan Keating, and his his philosophy in life – "life is a rollercoaster; you just gotta ride it." The title of this show is the sound the audience makes as this particular rollercoaster hits rock bottom.