Tom Stade certainly has an impressive entrance (there's lights and smoke and everything), and he's not short of any self-confidence or bravado. He (or at least his stage persona) has the 'rock god' attitude and he's not going to give in to anyone. This is all well and good for a show if you've got the right material, but Stade just doesn't seem to deliver for most of his show. For all the boldness and ego, his material is pretty crude and unexciting. He tries to thrill his audience with tales of his bone-headed poor decisions all in the name of "excitement" and, for the most part, it's all pretty tedious, but he does manage a couple of unexpected punchlines and decent jokes. Overall, however, you're far better spending your money on someone else. Maybe the empty audience chairs beside the stage should have warned me at the beginning?
Score: 4/10
Venue: Assembly Rooms, George Street (venue 20)
Date: August 12-24
Time: 8.55pm
Price: £15 (£13 concession)
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