I attended a brand new show, advertised as ‘An Evening with The Caveman’ on Wednesday 8th March and all I knew that it was about stress. The show was held at the new Bohemian Balcony, Jennings Street, Swindon and after finding a parking spot down a residential street, I went into the venue.
It was only then that I was told that the best place to park would have been the Outlet village, North Car Park, which is a 3 minute walk, has CCTV and lighting and only costs £1 for 5 hours (with the car park closing at midnight it would have been perfect). Although the parking was a little bothersome, I enjoyed the show, it was an entertaining and it was an illuminating evening.
Carl Rosier-Jones is the author of ‘The Caveman Principles’ and was the presenter of the show. He introduced his ideology surrounding daily stress and its daily management. He presented his theories in a relaxing, inviting and engaging manner, using the right amount of humour and getting the audience to engage and acknowledge what he was describing.
The subject matter was, at times, quite difficult to listen too as the pain and difficulties that Carl had had to endure in his work, whilst ‘wearing a hat’ was nothing but shocking and astonishing. He explained that one stressful journey of just one incident has enable him to write the book, which his show was broadly based on but clearly described the books content.
This experience though has undoubtedly led Carl to thoroughly investigate the subject matter and he was able to present his show in a form that is easily digestible and unique.
One part I did enjoy was his imparted method of being able to identify what part of our ‘tribe’ other people belonged to and how ‘your own inner caveman interacts’ was amusing, thought provoking and something I have already started to use.
I do not want to spoil the second half but there is a change of outfit and although he stays on the subject of stress he goes into it from a completely different angle. Carl told us he was presenting this as his new talk and it was all about respect.
As a first for the venue and the presenter, there were some minor issues regarding sound and the heating in the venue but overall it was a useful and interesting evening and well worth the £6 that I paid for a ticket.
Guest reviewer Mark Pearce
