Prancing, posing, preening - is it always the ego at work? Are we really just vacuous globs of jelly destined to show off? Can kindness and altruism really be stealthy ways of seeking approval?  

Following the critical success of his first national tour, Russell embarked on a national tour for the second time in 2009 with his brand new stand-up show Human Dressage.

Russell explains why every human act, if you dig deep enough, is a longing for love. Why we strut and fret our daily dance and seek to have it stamped. And why it’s all a Human Dressage, a meaningless jig, a purposeless beauty drifting terminally into silliness.

All, of course, linked in with jokes about his Nan, swearing and a number of low-brow moments which eat into the very core of his idea… 

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