Short stand up sets from a couple of Glasgow's promising young comedians.
McLelland opened by saying he didn't really have a set and he'd just be talking shite to us. He delivered on that promise, but it was, in the main, quite funny shite. Ten minutes of audience banter which started and stuttered, but he followed that with some decent stories and then tried out new material on us as the ideas came to him. You get the feeling his set will be very different every night, with big variations in the quality of his act. But when he gets it right he can be very funny, and I enjoyed his lengthy tale of a four day argument with his girlfriend.
For this one night the pair brought in a mate to do a guest spot. Stuart McPherson wanted to try out his material prior to trying for a prestigious comedy award. He'll need to do a lot better than this to get anywhere as he never really got the audience behind him and most of his material was half hearted.
Last up was the elfin Macarthur-Boyd who proved to be by far the most polished of the trio. His story of living with his No voting mother during the 2014 referendum led to the smartest punchline of the night. He has an enjoyably self deprecating style, and a wide range of facial expressions to back up his words. On this evidence he's the only one of the line up who we might be hearing a lot more of in future.
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Rosco McLelland are in The Counting House until 29 August.
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