I will admit I was not to sure about Henry, he had a lot of hype, but in the dimly lit room in the GRV I was convinced that the guy had it in him to make laugh. One thing I never do is admit it when I am wrong, last night I was wrong and them some. Henry Packer has a way about him that makes his humour slightly quirky but then produces gems that would make even the biggest comedian green with envy.
I would say the tone of his stand up was pretty level and his interaction with the audience was exception. But when he started talking about books and reading and how is now un-reading the books he starts he had me. This wasn’t just funny it was bang on one of the best comedy routines I have seen, this was hysterical, the way he discribes un-reading the bible is skilled comedy writing at it’s very best.
Henry packs (pun not intended) a lot into his show and once the ball was rolling his material and speed picked up. The change, and the final part of his show ‘John your a maverick’ was great, and you got the feeling that he was only starting to get his feet wet when the show came to an end. Something of an unexpected turn was the woman who walked in to the room reading not realising there was as how on. She did a double take then ran out which was hilarious!
‘This was a top notch show that had a little bit of a rocky start but built up to being one of the most original stand up shows I have seen. Hugely likeable guy with great material that will impress, stun, and stick with you’.
