Celebrated Jamaican comedy duo Ity and Fancy Cat set the night alight with laughter in their first ever Bermuda performance.The show was a straight-up stand-up comedy affair, and delivered over two-and-a-half hours of gut-busting fun.The festivities kicked off Saturday just after 8.30pm, once the near-capacity crowd had settled in at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium. Bootsie emceed the evening, delivering more than a few laughs in his own right.The first of several local acts was relative newcomer Eddie G. He ambled slowly into the meat of his act, but got some good responses from the crowd once he warmed up. His self-deprecating style proved popular in spells, and, although he was clearly still rough around the edges, he definitely showed considerable promise.Gina Love was next. The veteran comedienne found an easy laugh or two from the willing audience, but stumbled when she shared a few of her personal concerns about the persistence of Jamaican men. Considering that a large portion of the audience was comprised of Jamaican men, laughs did not flow so willingly during that particular bit. The women, however, thought she was hilarious; go figure.Declan ‘Jimmy O’Shea’ Harris was next up. This guy is famous for an act that spoofs Jamaican dancehall culture. He exhibited buckets of courage and heart during this show, when he jumped, waved, gyrated, and wined all over the stage to a popular 80s dancehall rhythm in front of a predominantly Jamaican crowd. What was more impressive is that the crowd absolutely loved him! Very funny stuff.The final local act to bless the stage was comic genius Nadanja Bailey. He was irreverent, ludicrous, brilliant, and silly all at once as he delivered about 15 minutes of tear-inducing hilarity. He incorporated musical numbers, instructional vignettes, storytelling, dance, and his own unique brand of wackiness into his set, leaving the crowd in need of a breather. Thankfully, his set was followed by a short intermission.Ity and Fancy Cat were outlandishly funny from the moment they were introduced. They exploded onto the scene with a spot on church skit during which they revealed “it’s gonna take a miracle” for all the women in the audience to have real hair; just hysterically funny. It actually jumped around the auditorium pointing out ladies he thought had weaves! It was a moment of sheer delirium.Once the furore died down, and the congregation was settled and ready for the next portion of the set, the duo exhibited an impressive knowledge of the local landscape and customs even doing their own impromptu ‘End-to-End’ by walking from one side of the stage to the other a few times. The Bermuda references were always on point, and appreciated by all in attendance.Much of the act was ghetto-based; comparing Bermuda’s relatively ‘nice’ ghetto areas to Jamaica’s garrisons, meticulously explaining the finer points of ‘Ghetto-conomy’ and depicting Bermuda’s more economically depressed areas as relatively mild.However the spectre of gang violence was not taken so lightly by the comedic pair. They implored us to not lose our paradise, even while poking fun at a few of our more destructive tendencies.The team also offered a heaping helping of observational humour. They touched on how old and new couples interact in public, the tendency of different races to respond to loud gunshot-type noises differently, the ways in which women cheat better than men, how men send representatives during the first months of a relationship, Jamaicans and Immigration, and the very informative ‘elbow test’ (you absolutely had to be there to get that one!).After nearly three hours of exhausting laughter, the show came to an end. No one in attendance left feeling gypped, even after the duo pretty much forced us to buy their DVDs — even that was funny! ‘Laugh ‘Til Your Belly Buss’ was a great comedy event; hopefully the first of many to come.