Ricky Gervais - Fame

Went along to the opening night of Ricky Gervais new standup Fame.  Warm up guy was called Robin Ince and was introduced as a good friend of Ricky's.  He was alright and kept the crowd amused, seemed a bit nervous with some stuttering, probably never played to a crowd this size before.

With a short interval and back into our seats, Gervais started to be introduced over the loudspeakers by a mock up Matthew Kelly stars in their eyes theme.

This ending with the "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be Ricky Gervais!" Queens One vision then comes through the system with the curtain opening to revel a 15ft high illuminated letters spelling RICKY with a crown on his head and a huge Emmy Award on the stage to hold his can of beer. "Well that's the budget spent".

Start of his act focused on cancer patients, very amusing.  The disappointing thing was he was only one stage for an hour.  I got the impression that as the tour goes on he may increase this as I am sure there will be a night that will be recorded for a DVD release.