What is love? It's the question we all ask but for which there seems to be no definitive answer.
Of love,
Mother Theresa once said, "
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread",
Oscar Wilde uttered the words, "
Who, being loved, is poor?" and
Shakespeare once wrote,
"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain."
Well, these quotations are all and well and good, but they still don't answer the question, "What is love?"
You may be interested to know that British comedian and writer
Richard Herring is going to attempt to come up with an answer at his forthcoming London show,
What is Love, Anyway?Running for five nights at the Soho Theatre (as part of a UK-wide tour), the show is described on Herring's website as "a heart-warmingly honest and personal examination of the romantic (and not so romantic) adventures and misadventures of the UK's most prolific comedian, as well as a genuine attempt to define this mysterious, debilitating, evil and wondrous emotion."
Herring's recent and occasionally controversial shows have been big hits with audiences across the UK in recent years and have taken on subjects such as religion (Christ on a Bike), politics (Hitler Moustache) and penises (Talking Cock).
The comedian first came to the attention of the British public in the early 1990s when he wrote and performed in the sketch show Fist of Fun with then comedy partner Stewart Lee.
The pair also wrote material for Armando Iannucci's groundbreaking radio series On The Hour, which was the precursor to the outstanding The Day Today, an acclaimed parody of British TV news programmes.
Since then he's worked on a number of comedy programmes, though more recently has spent time developing and touring his well-received one-man shows.
It's not certain whether Herring will get to the bottom of exactly what love it, but he should provide a few laughs along the way.
The 150-seat
Soho Theatre, the venue for Herring's show, is a creative hub encompassing theatre, comedy, cabaret and events for writers and performers.
To purchase a ticket for What is Love, Anyway? click
here.
