For something so foul-mouthed and filthy, this has to be described as a breath of fresh air. Not for the faint-hearted, it’s unhinged, off the hook, unmanaged and uncensored. Never the same two nights running. And just the right side of offensive. Depending on one’s perspective, obvs. Probably the only show to survive a wrong – Hitler-related – turn.
It’s a bit like stumbling into the Late & Live of yesteryear, except it’s only 8.30pm. Kyle Legacy and Dean Coughlin are our hosts and anyone who’s followed the goings-on at Liverpool’s Hot Water Club these last few years will be familiar with these two already.
From the get-in to some jumping hip-hop, feelgood reigns supreme and these lads don’t allow things to flag. The language is industrial but with a scouse accent it’s almost poetic. In a rhythmic sense, anyway. The shots land relentlessly and after the first fifteen minutes everyone’s looking – nearly crying – at each other in a punch-drunk comic stew, even the poor victims in the front row. After the ‘get-to-know-you’ intro the audience suggestions are addressed; we’ve all scribbled suggestions onto some pink post-it notes on the way in. ‘What’s the most scouse thing about you?’, ‘Is the Liver bird real?’ ‘A Chicken’s posterior – discuss’, (I paraphrase), but ‘Bankers With Brollies’ threatens to hold up proceedings for a bit… as if. It rollicks along without a pause before they hand over the mic to Kie Carson and Paul Savage who do their best with frighteningly short slots but it’s at odds with the tone and tempo set by the hosts. Little matter, for they do enough to entice us to grab flyers on the way out for Big Naked Comedy Show, Hopes Under The Hammer and Queer Comedy Chaos.
The dynamic duo return to round off the show with a last glance at some of the post-it notes, possibly the champagne moment being the dismissal of the Alex Ferguson suggestion… or the similar treatment doled out to the idea that Liverpool FC need to spend an eye-watering amount of money on some Swedish bloke presently at the Toon.
Running at The LaughingHorse@WestNicRecords, Aug 6th – 11th, 13th – 18th, 20th – 24th, 20.30 (8.30pm in old money).
Reviewer: Roger Jacobs
Reviewed: 6th August 2025
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