<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Nina-ContiOct15.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2841 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Nina-ContiOct15-300x239.jpg" alt="Nina-Conti(Oct15)" width="300" height="239" /></a>After a several hours of chemo it was touch and go as to whether Jane would feel up to going out to see <a href="https://youtu.be/S2puwRopD8E" target="_blank">Nina Conti (YouTube Video)</a> at the Engine Shed in Lincoln. After a couple of hours resting she decided she'd be ok.

We've never been to the <a href="http://www.engineshed.co.uk/" target="_blank">Engine Shed</a> which is part of Lincoln University Campus and we thought it might be similar to the auditorium at Warwick University which has tiered seating. We were disappointed to find that it was a flat space with uncomfortable fold up seats. Thankfully we were both wearing heavy coats so Jane folded hers up and sat on it and she used mine as a back cushion which made the seating bearable.

So apart from the venue how was Nina Conti? Well she started 10 minutes late (never a good sign), She did 30 minutes of her act with her monkey puppet and then using one of her ventriloquist masks on an audience member (never sit on the front row at a Nina Conti show - we were in row Q). She kept us laughing out loud for the opening session and then disappeared for a 30 minute break before coming back and continuing in the same vain for another 40 minutes. Overall we enjoyed the evening and she met our expectations because she is very quick witted and works her audience participants perfectly but... Why the late start, the long interval and no ice creams? We're not sure if we'd revisit the Engine Shed, good for young bums (or did I mean students?) and perhaps next time we should prepare to travel further afield and stay overnight.