The 11pm crowd at the ADC are a very different genre of comedy-seekers; some are tired after a day’s work, many have just escaped from the library, and the majority are slightly inebriated. Such a crowd combined with the well-established reputations of Novellie, Lewis and Wang made for a warm atmosphere from the off.

The name remains an enigma

The humour was a comedic patchwork of puns, impressions, mime, and even musical. It is clear that Novellie was being coy when he dismissed the notion of G.G.T.H as ‘dark’ and ‘sexy.’ During the parade of 26 sketches we bore witness to a semi-naked Novellie and a fawning Ali Lewis peppered with some rather controversial material which had the audience divided.

Throughout, every sketch amused; particularly the Bond puns and some of the swift uses of voice-over in the opening ‘Google’ sketch. However, as the jokes become more diverse and controversial, an odd phenomenon occurred: it seemed the shift in the tone of the material between different skectehs created laughter from different places in the room. This revealed that the target-audience for the humour was rather disparate.

Perhaps the most dazzling failure of the night was its tech. Despite being described as a ‘multimedia’ sketch show, the lighting and sound sputtered and wheezed spectacularly to the point where Novellie and Wang actually abandoned a sketch. As with all good comedians however, their skill really came to the fore in their smooth recoveries.

To say that the crowd were held in irrepressible hysterics would be an overstatement. There was, however, a steady stream of laughter throughout and each sketch proved itself at least smirk-worthy. Novellie and Lewis were charming and Wang was slick; however the title G.G.T.H still remains an enigma…