I hope De Montford Hall, Leicester, 2008, won't go down in Hawley folklore as a monster. It's certainly suffered a bit of flak over the last eight days.
We could all see that Richard didn't really enjoy himself, culminating in the plug being pulled on The Ocean. He's since confirmed that he hated the show.
http://www.richardhawleyforum.co.uk/vie ... ht=#178827
I didn't think The Villains did wonders to warm up the crowd and Mr H seemed to start on a defensive footing for some reason, perhaps because there was little banter.
But, it would be wrong for those who weren't there to think it was a stinker of a performance or that the crowd left dissatisfied. I really enjoyed it and the crowd were lapping it up by the end.
The show simply had a fuzzy Monday night feel to it, not helped by the venue or the empty seats near the front. I'm sure Mr H and the lads have had better nights, and no doubt they may have worse.