27th March 2016 - 6:15 pm
Daniel Sloss is a Scottish comedian that I’ve heard more than I’ve seen, I’ve heard him on FOFOP a few times and found him funny and I saw him earlier in the day at The Little Dum Dum Club live podcast. Where he didn’t get to say much, but was involved in some unintentional slapstick in the background while Sam Dastyari was talking.
Roxanne stage, very red lighting
First thing to note. Roxanne, the venue that Sloss’ show is on at, 2 Cloverlid Place is up a lot of stairs.
When I got to Cloverlid Place, which is just within Chinatown, just off Little Bourke Street, I was informed by the yellow T-shirted MICF guy that it’s “just through the door on the second level”. I’m sure I went up 6 flights of stairs to get to the second level, maybe it was 8, I don’t know. I know I did stop half way and wonder if I was stuck in a M.C. Escher artwork.
The second level, however is just where you wait, where you queue for Sloss’ show. Then when the doors actually open you need to climb up another storey to the third floor.
The third floor had a lot of empty room and seemed to span two buildings, there was also plenty of room up there, so I can only assumed the venue only wanted to run one bar on the second floor.
Daniel Sloss’ show “Dark” was somewhat dark in humour. But I really appreciate dark humour. There were several points which took unexpected turns.
Sloss speaks from his life, his experiences and his thoughts on the world. He admits he doesn’t have the aged experience of older comics that can speak from their lengthy experiences out in the world.
But what he had to say was funny and honest.
Some people may be offended when seeing Sloss’ show. But he will make you think about it, and will make you think about why you’re being offended.
I wasn’t offended by any of his material.
If I had one criticism it was that from where I was sat (front row, centre audience right, on the isle), when he acted out some things on stage he had his back to us / half the audience which meant that we couldn’t really see what he was doing. But it’s a minor quibble, I should have sat more in the middle of the seating.
Sloss is a great comedian to see, he’s also a great storyteller. His stories were vivid. Perhaps it was my imagination filling in the gaps, but I feel like I can picture the road in Scotland with its aftermath of rubber, the house with the mistaken flowers and the unvisited museum.