Ince and out of Little Theatre

Robin Ince - (In and) Out of his Mind - Chorley Little Theatre
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Robin Ince

You’d have to run this by Professor Brian Cox, but I think Robin Ince defies the laws of physics.

Obviously, not knowing the precise height, weight or density of this stimulating stand-up it is impossible to say for sure, but there seems no way he can have mass enough to generate the blazing energy unleashed in Chorley Little Theatre last Thursday night.

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Maniacally seizing the stage roughly minutes after doors opened at 7.30, by the time Ince relinquished his hold at around 10.20 – with a short interval – every square inch of the intimate venue’s boards had been covered, as had a breathtaking range of topics, from insidious inner imps to the various infinities and beyond.

Setting forth to go (In and) Out of his Mind – his latest show looks at psychology – Ince dragged his appreciative audience aboard and set frenetic sail on a bewilderingly rapid stream of consciousness.

Tale begat tale in a ceaseless flurry, a rampant Brian Blessed browbeating Prof Cox (with who Ince hosts Radio 4 science series Infinite Monkey Cage) over humanity’s failure to conquer Mars, the joy of public transport theatre, primates snacking on cash, desperately sad mooning middle-aged women – all apparently random and unconnected yarns, all, one way or another, returning to the matter at hand.

Great physical comedy (a lovely throwaway ‘anatomy of a stumble’), incessantly intelligent, never less than entertaining, at times fold up in your seat hilarious, Robin Ince (In and) Out of his Mind rolls around Britain until June 24.

If a chance to see it comes your way you’d be mad to miss out. Do you see what I did there?

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