Phil The Void: Comedy over Quantity

Venue 3 – The Playhouse Studio

Phil the Void is the second instalment of Sound and Fury alumni Phil van Hest's stand up comedy routine. The comedic style is, dare I say it, more intellectual than that of Sound and Fury. Dressed in ragged jeans and a full beard with a twinkle in his eye, van Hest looks like some counter culture guru or mad scientist. Van Hest hits all his targets, among them politics, religion, Internet pornography and the dumbing down of America, with an keen observational eye and imaginative wit. The result is a very funny, often hilarious hour of comedy. Uniquely, van Hest also provides a couple of what he calls downers- observations that make you wince and paradoxically add to the comedy. I'm not usually a fan of stand-up comedy, but this show is certainly an exception which I heartily recommend that you see.

- Terry Moor UMFM