Some of the best comic writing I've experienced in a long time and with that extra touch of human essence.

If he hasn't published this he's missing out on a great opportunity for me to buy his writing. And made me more confident that reading my writing live can be a feasible way to put on a show. Stories for a Starlit Sky (the 3.5hr storytelling one) was extraordinary, really wonderful writing that put me in a state that made me walk around a park and decompress for half an hour. Oh yeah so I saw both his shows in Melbourne this month. Marooned in the middle of a circle of microphones, speakers, lights and people he will attempt to not simply, dismantle and rebuild his own ideas about compassion, isolation, solidarity and progress but in doing so momentarily alter the function of language and invent a new form of stand up comedy. Only it's not an espresso machine, it's my understanding of the world.Дaniel Kitson takes up residency at the Roundhouse for three weeks this summer with his first solo work in London for just under four years. That pile is still on the floor, years later and I remain not simply incapable of rebuilding the machine or identifying it's problems, but barely able to even remember how this paltry hodge podge of de-purposed parts, redundant in isolation and gathering dust, could have once been the interlocking pieces of something that actually seemed to work. Then I wiped the table and filled the kettle. Faced with this godless sprawl of unknown components, tangled tubes and what felt like a billion tiny screws, I let my eyes drift out of focus and waited quietly for understanding to emerge and expertise to announce itself.ДЄfter forty minutes, I put everything in a pile, on the floor, in the corner.

Soon enough the espresson machine was gone, replaced by a functionless heap of its own constituent parts the nature of which I could neither identify or comprehend. So, eager to understand how it once worked, eager to quickly pinpoint and rectify the current problem and eager to rebuild the whole thing better than before - I dismantled it. There were no external signs of damage and I owned a screwdriver. I would turn it on in the morning, before I was even awake, I would hold it for warmth in the winter, and I would use it every day, more than once, all the time, to make coffee, not just for myself, but visting family members, local friends and a variety of tradespeople. It went in the kitchen, in the corner, on its own sideboard and, quickly becoming a large part of my life, it stayed there for years.

I remember buying it in central London, after a long tour and I remember struggling to get it out of the boot, telling myself the weight of it justified the price of it. Why can't the bugger do provincial UK tours like everyone else?ДЇor a long time, I had a very reliable, mid level, domestic espresso machine. Latest email announces new show: Something Other Than EverythingДЎ2-29 July at the Roundhouse, London (tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am, tomorrow at 10 for members)ДЈ1 August - 9 September at the Royal Exchange, Manchester

Kitson tonight not tonight pillow