Sunday 14th April 2019 - 6:00 pm - Greek Centre - Mykonos

I'd seen Tom Allen on many a British panel show usually shown on ABC Comedy and thought he had a quick wit and sharp tongue.

Evidently lots of ABC-type audience also had seen him, the audience skewed upwards in age from mid-30s in Allen's show.

I wanted to like Allen's show.

I got all the British references.

He's got a nice, posh-sounding voice.

His comedy is about his life and living in the lower class life that his accent doesn't suggest.

About the first 15 minutes of the show was doing the "who are you and what do you do" for everyone in the front row, not just one or two people – which I've seen comedians like Wil Anderson do that at their shows. However here there were at least 10-12 people in the front row (and indeed each row of the audience).

It provided some nice comedic riffing. But felt a bit like padding the show because it didn't help to feed into his story or show all that much.

I wanted to like his show, but...I just didn't.

There was just a little too much shouting about stuff.

There was lots of things, lots of tidbits of tales that were funny, but...I it just didn't gel for me.

If I had been closer to the door, I think I might have made a respectful exit, and left the people who were there, who were enjoying it, to enjoy it.

Unfortunately I was at the other side of the room to the door, I was at least on the end of the row, so people couldn't really see me not enjoying it.

It's not to say that I didn't find some parts funny, I did, but I didn't enjoy it.

I think I would still say to people if they like what he does on TV, see him, I think they'd enjoy him, but I didn't.