To a room of about 70 people, Alice Fraser appeared to deliver a show that thrilled some and bored others. It was a bit of a strange one, to be honest.
She mentioned that she’d been bitten by a spider and was having a strange reaction and when she first mentioned it I assumed it was a gag but the longer the show went, the more I thought perhaps she was serious. She referred to being able to “see eight audiences right now”, that the show had got off to a wobbly start and then later that the show was “falling apart” which didn’t help the audience feel that sense of control that allows you to sit back, relax and enjoy.
For some in the crowd there seemed to be plenty of laughs. The show is called “Mythos” and some of the material about stories, truth, lies and myths drew loud laughs from a little group of people behind me but there was people either side of me who couldn’t seem to get into it. I fell somewhere in between.
I feel like this is a show that when everything goes right and with a room full of the right people (those who like gear that’s a bit complicated and high brow) it would kill. But unfortunately that’s not what happened on the night I was there.