The gig took place in a converted church, now utilised as a Christian outreach centre. On the way up the stairs I saw this notice, which tickled me. I don't know if Jesus has ever pointed at Robin before, but if he has, I doubt it was to direct anyone to his rampaging crab musical.
First of all Robin read out some extracts from his own book which, judging by the length of the queue at the end to buy it, whetted a lot of appetites. Having read the book, the bits were familiar to me, but still gob-smacking (especially the bit about the woman who thanked god for giving her a cancerous tumour as it made her husband finally 'see the light' as well - lots of people were wearing their 'WTF? faces, which is always excellent).
The place was packed, so I guess lots of people were pretty keen to see how the 'crab musical' was going to work out. Aside from Robin, it also included Josie Long playing the swanee whistle and sounding like a Clanger, Stewart Lee and Kevin Eldon doing dramatic readings, Steve Pretty on trumpet accompaniment, Helen Arney who had a song about the private life of the colossal killer crab, a tap dancing lady acting the part of the killer crabs, and a girl playing the spoons along to Stewart Lee's reading. Obviously.
The extracts from the killer crabs novels were - as one might expect - preposterous, and Robin had us shouting out bits pantomime style ("...because he was a...? BASTARD!!")
An excellent, ridiculous and certainly unique evening. I'm pretty tempted to try and get hold of a couple of these books, though I almost had an embolism reading another book covered in 'Bad Book Club' called 'Starlust'. And the last second hand book I bought - "The Big Book of Pantyhose Crafts" made me cry with laughter. I don't know if even rampaging crabs with an unsatisfied craving for the guts of adulterous ladies and illegitimate children could top those.
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