Jeff Lantern @ The Cornshed Festival

Following on from my brief synopsis of the Cornshed Festival, one act that really caught my eye was the conspirationally brilliant Jeff Lantern. Jeff titillated a less than engaged crowd with a brief glimpse into the world of 'True Fist'.

 I say the crowd were less than engaged primarily because on the Friday he followed local hero Patrick Monahan. Once Pat had done his thing the majority of the crowd upped and left, or talked over fresh beers. But for those who paid attention, they were treated to a geeky beany and puffer jacketed conspiracy theorist. Think a plump cross between Urban Warrior and Citizen Smith overdosing on Robert Anton Wilson and David Ike with bottle bottom glasses. I love his surreal conspiracy theory, visual gag driven set replete with an eye to the absurd and and heavy sense of irony.

Aside from a few die hards however, it seemed as if much of the remaining crowd were undecided whether this was simply some nutter giving comedy a go or whether it was an act after all. His professionalism carried him through night one and Saturday saw a generally smaller but more engaged crowd. Shame about misplacing the Spar poster.

Jeff's been around a while and he's my favourite Arstiscientist and founder of the Squirclism movement.

We all know the world is soon to end but Jeff is going to save it, again, on Dec 12th in a 'gala spectacular' at the 400 seater Conway Hall, Holborn, London. Tix available here.

And of course he's doing bloody Edinburgh. His show features Lee Ridley aka Lost Voice Guy, who having suffered from Cerebral Palsy, communicates through his iPad, and is hosted by, yup, you guessed it, Patrick Monahan!