Steve hit the stage like an man with a mission. He quickly convinced the audience that George Bush is a man to be reverred - who says the Americans don't understand irony. This little bit of scathing politics was followed by a wild story of a blow up doll. What a blow! He ran for over twenty minutes with barely a pause and the audience in the palm of his hand with an ocasional aside as in telling a notable glazier to the stars that he looked like a kindergarden child waiting for story time. He did.

This was a brilliant act to end the evening - there are few stand-ups who could follow a set as commanding as Sharon Courts - but Steve Young took the evening and authoratively stamped it into a night of legend.

Sharon Court

Sharon opened with her own version of "I Will Survive" and from the first line it was obvious that she would do more than that. The audience should have been disgusted by this female chauvenistic attack on male virility - but the women were laughing too much to give anyone the chance to complain and the audience belonged to her before the end of the song.

And the set just got better and better - this is a very talented and very funny lady. She started with a pub full of people talking to each other and loudly ordering drinks She finished with a packed roomful of people concentrating on her every word and laughing like drains. You can't get much better than that. Even laconic lawyer Hugh laughed - wow!

Kay - her idea - she wanted to raise money for St Theresa's and give her customers a brilliant evening.

Simon was kept busy too.

John is a very experienced compere - but he was a little aprehensive about trying to be funny in a room where  almost everyone knows him and feels it is their right to heckle him with well constructed jests like - "You're shit John. Say something funny".

John was on form and his version of Jack Dee's "text me" was better (bluer) than Jack Dee. But it was his guitar playing that amazed the audience - with his own song what he wrote "Despair". Is amazed the right word?

A brilliant evening - see John at Knut's Comedy Club every second Friday at The City Club in Peterborough

New comics need an audience to practice their art on - and this was not an easy audience for new boys David and James.

David's well constructed set on ramps and Daleks barely made it over the chatter of a thirsty crowd.

James faired a little better, using lines that required a shorter concentration span - but as John Elson said when he was taking stick from the lively audience - "It isn't easy".

Sound and light for the evening was organised by Ian Sheldon - of course. And he took the photos you've just been enjoying. Thanks Ian