Show 15: Mark Cooper-Jones: Geographically Speaking

Former Geography teacher, Mark Cooper-Jones, presents an hour of geography-based riffs and musings though predominantly this is an hour of a man establishing his privilege and status with a generous helping of comedian pullback and reveals and a delightful use of the good old-fashioned overhead projector.

Mark Cooper-Jones opens the show with a modified extending-matching-type-question about people's geography knowledge and their perceptions of the subject - minorly risky, potential for falling flat but his energy and crowd work manages to keep us engaged, and from there we go to a nice whimsical representation of the show's structure (essentially semi-shambolic, but he's painted himself into a likeable character so we're on board with it) and onwards to an extended love-letter about cartography amusingly interspersed with evidence of Marl Cooper-Jones' academic achievements.

He runs the risk of coming across as arrogant and haughty, and at times he doesn't quite manage to create an approachable persona, but perhaps that's not his aim. Nevertheless he's certainly assured and Knows well very how he wants to perform. Alongside all this are some very good jokes, side-steps and the occasional audience ribbing. A very entertaining hour.

Score: 7/10

Venue: Movement

Dates: 24-27 August

Time: 15:45

Price: Free