Comedy review: JJ Whitehead: Five Times I Lied to Myself, Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
JJ Whitehead: Five Times I Lied to Myself, Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh * * * *
For decades, UK comedy has been enriched by the crazy guys from the north. I doubt we shall see their like again. They have grown up and settled down.
JJ Whitehead sees himself as the last man standing and delivers a reassuringly ramshackle mix of fingers in bottoms, alcohol, public poo-ing and electrocution. He moved to America just in time to enjoy Donald Trump as president and get a new perspective on healthcare, which gives him some nice new material, but it is when he gets into the whys and wherefores of dumping friends that we really get going. We are all, when questioned, pretty long-suffering with our mates and only one of our number has dumped a chum.
His reason goes on JJ’s list, which is quite something to hear.
This hour is great fun. No big message (other than pull the curtain, not the rings), no political grandstanding. Just slightly crazy, funny, kick-back-and-laugh enjoyment.
Thank you Canada.
Until 26 August