Mr Chonkers – Summerhall, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
This unlikely named clown creation, Mr Chonkers, from American comedian, John Norris, is a Grade-A, nonsense-filled, gold-plated, home run, hit. It is just brilliantly silly and the bevvy-filled youthful audience that cram into the tiny semi-circular Anatomy Theatre auditorium are screaming with glee and pounding the wooden lecterns by the close!
From the Gregorian Monk opening to the magic trick climax, the pacing, comic, timing and audience interaction are all perfectly aligned within the perfect space at the perfect time. All of his stars have lined up, as have mine!
Like all great comic turns that have you laughing out loud for no apparent reason, I just wish I could record it, pull it apart, study it and understand it. But even then, Norris introduces enough variables into t...