66A Church Road - A Lament, Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases

When a stand-up comedian decides to do a theatrical storytelling monologue, he presumably acquires a licence to be less consistently funny and more dramatically agile.

Sacrificing none of his wit and verbal sumptuousness, Daniel Kitson chooses to deliver his 'lament made of memories and kept in suitcases' sitting down, surrounded with the said baggage – each piece beautifully and carefully illuminated, and at the same time illuminating his unfolding narrative. He only jumps up to his feet about an hour into his show when the memory of his dream becoming reality seems particularly alive and within his reach, but what he grasps instead is the acquired wisdom and the deepening poetic impact of his own experience.

Fans of Kitson's comedy will be familiar with his slightly nerdy, down to earth persona, prone to a charming stutter, and his exceptionally entertaining ability to fuse the sublime and the ridiculous. He deals with daily mundaneness by simply articulating it in highly figurative and eloquent terms, turning the experience of a house-move, on this occasion, into a love story of epic proportions.

He fills the 90 minutes with evocations of touching and amusing personal memories as well as plentiful gems of observational humour. Sections of live storytelling are interspersed with pre-recorded reminiscences on a set dutifully finished off with a well-trodden carpet and an over-hanging lampshade. However, although quite cosy and inward-looking, the show is by no means all about navel-gazing.

Kitson's choice of subject is incidentally compatible with the persistently topical issue of the housing market's growing instability, and if you happened to have any qualms at all in this area, you will certainly find reassurance in his discoveries that a) haggling for a house is a matter of 'grubby financial dick-swinging' lacking all decency and dignity, and b) buildings are just boxes filled with memories.

Although it takes a while to get to those discoveries, every minute is filled with absolute delight, and well worth your personal investment.