Never Mind The Pollocks is a brand new `genre busting' comedy show which takes a satirical look at culture and the arts and explains why everything is rubbish apart from this show. Hull poet Jim Higo and Miki Higgins aim to answer age old artistic questions like `Is there more to comedy than falling over?, `How can we take ballet to the masses?' and `Who's to blame for Mrs Brown's Boys?'.
"I only write about stuff I want to write about and that tends to be things that in some way I care about" Jim explains "I write about things that I find funny or irritating, or things that annoy and anger me, or things that have an impact on my life. I tend to write about the ordinary and the everyday rather than big issues and I've not got much time for preaching. I've never written about a cloud or the sea or the cliffs near Bridlington and you have my permission to punch me if I ever do."
Jim delivers comedy, poetry and songs with a punk twist and a wacky outlook of life, which is in step with Salford's two ace poets, John Cooper Clarke and JB Barrington. Does it faze him coming to the `home of poetry'?
"I think it's more inspiring than scary" he decides "Johnny Clarke is probably the man quoted as an inspiration by more poets than any other and I'm no exception. Hearing his stuff as a young lad was the first time I thought of poetry as being something that could relate to me. The stuff I was force fed at school, in the words of another one of yours, said nothing to me about my life growing up on a council estate in Hull. The first poem I ever learned to recite was Salome Maloney and I still know it..."
"I've done loads of gigs with JB and it's great to see him become so popular but not a surprise" he adds "He's a great writer and performer and proof that poetry shows can be both relevant and entertaining."
For Jim himself, it's entertainment that's the key... "Twenty years ago I would have told you I was inspired by politics or social conscience or a desire to change the world, and I probably genuinely believed that at the time" he says "I still have all of those things in me, and I still get angry and aggressive, but I'd rather try and entertain people who take the time to come and see me, and hopefully put a smile on their face."
If you want a smile on your face check out Never Mind The Pollocks, coming to Salford first, before a three week run at the Edinburgh Fringe...
Never Mind The Pollocks
Thursday 9th July 9:30pm
Kings Arms
Bloom Street M3 6AN
Tickets are £5/£3 – click here to book
For details on all Greater Manchester Fringe shows – click here
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