Thursday, 16 August 2018

Show 23: Felicity Ward: Busting a Nut


Felicity Ward is an Australian comedian who a fair few comedians had recommended on Twitter. I think she's had a comedian's comedian podcast episode too bit a while ago.

She's certainly a confident performer, very vivacious and sometimes brash, but she's got strong form and she knows how to play the crowd. She's particularly good at conjuring vivid and shortly grotesque comic imagery - there was a joke about farts and shoot that particularly tickled a front row audience member.

Her show overall mainly focuses on her recent big life changes, namely getting married last year and no longer having to live with her in-laws. She's got some humourous riffs along the way, particularly about the trouble of having a large nose (her slightly darker jokes seemed to get me best). She also gently touches on her mental health issues, but she doesn't dwindle and she expertly crafts jokes from it.

With the energy she attacks her material, she’s certainly busting a nut. She fits in the more conventional stand up group, but she's not bad at it.

Score: 7/10
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard - Above
Dates: 16th-26th August
Time: 21:00
Price: £13.50 (£12.50 concessions) weekends, £12 (£11) weekdays

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