» Review: Ricky Gervais Science
Ricky Gervais would be a kind of modern comic genius, if geniuses hailed from Reading and thought skits about drinking gallons of spunk were the highest form of humour. Science, a blend of expertly told anecdote and faux school lesson, was in places very funny and original. Gervais is at his best when insolent – about fat Americans, Ken Dodd, Amanda Holden or the absurdities of Christian teaching. But his chirpy bloke-in-the-pub style means he doesn’t come across as cruel. A likeable show, perhaps lacking a coherent theme, but his meandering chat-over-a-drink attitude made it work. Does his material deserve to be called offensive? Possibly. But you’d hear worse in the playground.
Brighton?Centre, 17 August
4/5
Rachel Pegg






