Far from sounding like an amateur drummer or astreetperformer banging away on overturned buckets, Nathaniel successfully navigates his expansive 'drum kit' in creative ways.
Mr Collier had been a gunner during World War II and made his comedy debut in 1948 when aperformer at Hull's Perth Street Club failed to show up and he agreed to fill in.
Either as aperformer or as a punter, there is a uniqueness about the High street and The Pleasance which just seem rightly placed in this historic city for entertainment, not to mention all the other wee venues, where a stand up comic or a jazz sax player can play to one or twenty.