SEYMOUR MACE
But the nervous, dislocated energy that drives the set is a double-edged sword. When the audience don't buy into the conceit, he looks vulnerable and unsure, without enough conviction in his material to truly sell it to reluctant ears. When Chortle last saw him, the crowd was particularly unresponsive all evening - but a comic with six years' standing should still own the stage better than he did. Mace still possesses many of the intriguing elements that made him seem such an exciting prospect when he first burst onto the scene through a highly-rewarded corporate new act competition in 2001.