Vinay Menon slides down the banister in his living room, lands on the floor with a soft thump and says “hello”. After moments of contemplative silence, he says, “The world is actually a really funny place, if you start observing it. But you need to look at it objectively.” The IT-professional who turns stand-up comedian on weekends, collects most of the material for his gigs from life around him. “It is observational humour. Contort it out of proportion and you get a few laughs,”
Vinay’s first gig was an informal one. He was at an open-mic night in Bangalore and got a chance to perform. Vinay says he is constantly working on his act and building a formidable repertoire of jokes.
The Kochi boy has not performed in his city or anywhere else in Kerala yet. Stand-up comedy is just catching on in the State, with performances few and far between, most of them by artistes from outside. There is huge potential for a city like Kochi, though, Vinay says. However, performance spaces are fewer