Daily Archives: October 1, 2005

Omid Djalili

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Tonight A to arranged to see the comedian Omid Djalili at his (A’s not Djalili’s) old Uni stomping ground, the Bloomsbury (UCL).

Djalili is billed as Britain’s only Anglo-Iranian stand-up comedian and this really comes through in his performance as he takes advantage of his cultural heritage by contrasting his experiences of life in the west and the east. His performance tonight, as the title suggests – No Agenda, wanders from topic to topic and happily never got too heavy in the political aspects of life in western society as an Iranian. As a result it felt like we could relax and accept the comedy for what it was.

I’ve heard it said that with Djalili that you should always expect the unexpected – and there were definitely a few things I didn’t expect to see including an entertaining slide show in the background that played during his performance, and then there was the music and the dancing.

No Agenda was definitely not like any stand-up I’ve ever seen before.

Oxford Street Celebrations … chaos rains

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Today there was a street party on Oxford Street to celebrate, well, I’m not sure but hey a street party is a street party. Those who are familiar with the this High Street are probably very aware of just how overcrowded this stretch of road can get on an ordinary day so the thought of a street party probably sent most of the locals running. I apparently did not have this common sense.

Seriously, the street party was supposed to attract shoppers to the street (not like they needed it) and there were street performers, celebrities, free foods, fashion etc. and the opportunity to win £1,000 (sadly not something I was lucky enough to win.)

All in all it added up to masses of people on the street and even the extra space created by the shutting off of motor vehicle access to the street did nothing to reduce the bottle-necks that would inevitably crop up.

The good news is that my bro and I survived the crush to shop another day …