Comedy review: Stuart McPherson: Mr November, Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
Self-effacing to a very Scottish degree, in this consistently funny debut Stuart McPherson speaks enviously of the vocational certainty of his late grandfather, a man who knew he wanted to build ships and dedicated himself to it.
Stuart McPherson: Mr November, Monkey Barrel Comedy * * *
There are no such certainties for the insecure 26-year-old, who speaks drolly about his current job working in a knock-off Harry Potter-themed escape room down the road from his venue. And his previous employ in a baked potato selling concession in Glasgow's Central Station, a business model so ludicrous that he rinses it for a good 10 minutes. From his girlfriend and mother's well-meaning but unhelpful attempts to burnish his confidence, to his childhood fear of Dr Harold Shipman and the shaky realities of the property market, he's a young man beset by fear, his horizons flattening all the time.