Rasbert Turner, Gleaner WriterSPANISH TOWN
IT WAS a bellyful of laughter for persons who turned out at the Port Henderson Plaza in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Saturday night to view the comedy show 'Laugh Out'.
The show, which got on the way at 9:00 p.m. revolves around 'Mr. Tight Pocket' a producer in the music business who decides to play a prank on some unsuspecting persons by having an audition knowing fully well no one will be selected.
The laughing started when a pastor took the stage with a woman as a church sister. He had the audience in stitches by telling them of how he got up that morning, took the curves and turns of his living room and had to gain dominion over his Lexus before he could reach them to preach the "mechize" to them.
In closing, he reminded the audience of how Jonah swallowed the whale and when he was corrected by his church sister that it was the whale which swallowed Jonah his response evoked loads of laughter. "Well wedda is di whale swallo Jonah or Jonah swallo di whale me know seh some swalloing did gwa'an," he said as he exited the stage.
Just when one thought it could get no better, then came the announcement 'Yes mi big fren', this brought rapturous applause and cheering from an already excited crowd. It was Cleve 'Chu-Chu' Warren, who took the stage, playing the part of a feisty secretary to Mr. 'Tight pocket', the producer. Her many wigs of varying colours had all in stitches.
Several other persons such as Garfield Lewis and Joseph Morris, who played grandfather and son respectively, as well as Dennis Hall, who played Mr. 'Tight-pocket', had the hundreds in attendance in uncontrollable laughter.
The show, which was approximately three hours long, protrays the Jamaican music industry and highlights the trial and failures of some wannabees.
Other performers included Brother Desmond, who had all laughing with his weird news; Jamaica's Michael Jackson, the Hilarious Granny who danced up a storm on stage elevating her breast and buttocks and threw her 'chimmy' into the audience.
It was indeed a night well spent and everyone evidently had a bellyful of laughter. "The preparation was good, it was not too long, and I love how it shows what goes on in the music industry, and I think a play like this should go to every major town in Jamaica, as we need laughter," remarked Barbara Anderson, as she left the show.
The show has been running since October 17, last year, and will end on April 24. It is a production of Island Comedy Company.
