Comedy / Features
A pyjama-clad comedy party
Much of Martin Pilgrim’s comedy is based on his own personal misfortune and ridiculousness, so hosting a gig in his own bedroom is not as surprising as it first sounds.
There is a waiting room (the lounge, where a wordless documentary is projected onto a wall), a snack room (the kitchen, where Martin’s flatmate hands out popcorn and other goodies) and the stage in front of Martin’s bedroom window.
Fairy lights entwined in the banisters help guide the dozen or so audience members upstairs to the bedroom. It’s dark, so naturally Martin and a few of the crowd are in their pyjamas.
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This is the first performance of Martin’s new show Sadulthood, a name given to him by a stranger on Twitter after he called himself a sad adult.
Sadulthood, according to Martin, is about “life not really living up to expectations”. The show is about him being shy. Somehow bringing a bunch of strangers inside his home makes a lot of sense.
Compere and fellow Bristol stand-up Alice Taylor-Matthews warms up the crowd including a game of rock, paper, scissors. Next up is Sam Schäfer remembering with astute comic timing some of the people that he has met through life.
As each new act takes to the fairy-lit stage, Martin’s flatmate jumps on the piano in the neighbouring bedroom and plays an accompanying tune.
Martin’s razor-sharp life observations and anecdotes speak to anybody who has ever had a foot-in-mouth type situation, or to anybody for whom life is not always a fairy tale.
Topics range from love to childhood to work and are interlaced with high doses of self-deprecation and sarcasm.
It turns out there is no way to feel more relaxed and unstressed in a room full of strangers than if you’re all in PJs, especially with comedy this good.
Sadulthood is next being performed at The Room Above on April 15
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