The inevitable running gag at Latitude was Brexit. Numerous comedians had hastily fashioned routines out of the horror show of the referendum fallout. Most were clever from a cushioned, cosy white middle class perspective. Nish Kumar played a trump card. His Brexit routine hinged on an incident when he was on the receiving of post-poll racism.

I won’t go into detail here as it will presumably be a pivotal routine in Kumar’s eagerly anticipated Edinburgh show next month. And, besides, there was plenty more to relish in his set. I don't know what he has been taking but in the last couple of years the London comic has really upped his game and got political, becoming critically acclaimed in the process, or as he calls it, getting good reviews from lefty reviewers but only able to sell four tickets in Corby.

This set also touched on Kumar’s love of pop music, with comic recollections of seeing James Brown and Prince getting big laughs. Kumar does comic incredulity extremely well, getting exasperated by people around him who don’t get the significance of events as much as he does. He builds up a particularly enjoyable head of steam when recalling a Prince gig where for a while it looked like the late star might be about to do the entire gig from offstage. 

As I wrote earlier, I don't want to go into too much detail about this show, though I will add that there is also a neat Coldplay-relatd section. I don’t think it is giving away too much to say that this set was both funny and thought-provoking. It should certainly make Kumar more critically acclaimed than ever. And ought to enable him to sell more than four tickets in Corby.

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