Guests : Gary & Vera Aspey

27 November 2009

It is six years since Vera and Gary were booked as guests at the club and they have changed little in that time. Gary is, indeed, fortunate to have such a talented partner who plays accompaniment and solo pieces effortlessly. Their act contained funny stories, songs and anecdotes (including the Christmas Flasher) as well as some new songs.

There was only about a dozen regular club members in the audience but many folk attended who we have never seen before so must have been Gary and Vera devotees and they almost fell off their chairs laughing as some of the tales unfolded.

Whilst no one likes to give a bad review, it should be pointed out, however, that the club had obviously paid them their fee to be entertained and not lectured. Despite Vera trying to keep Gary to the 'Plot', Gary still felt the need to regale us on the sad state of our country, including immigration and free speech etc. This was somewhat patronising as he was preaching to the converted. He also included a joke in poor taste about the queen and a graphic description on incontinence (definitely something to be dropped from the act).

It was a shame, they are obviously a very talented pair and if Gary could just restrict his patter to innuendo (which they do very well both in song and story telling) their act would benefit greatly.

Review by : Christine McNair