One of the big ones for me (along with Aisling Bea) and to cut to the chase SHE WAS FABULOUS. Not often I go to a gig and come away genuinely satisfied - she was everything I wanted. Most importantly she was very very funny.
There were two main themes in the show: building up to be her younger sister's bridesmaid (Maid Of Honor in Canada) later this year back in her home town; a throwaway comment on Scenes You Wouldn't See on Mock The Week earlier this year about children being used as slave labour in the fashion industry (she used Philippino children as an example in her comment). These two themes were brought together rather splendidly right at the end in a great pay-off (oddly touching too).
Plenty of other good tales - one of her "things" is mocking celebs and Cheryl Cole didn't come out of it well. Neither did Peter Andre. Another highlight was getting audience members to read out tweets she had received (what did comedians do for material before Twitter?) leading to the nice line about how little she cares about online trolling, "I've long since run out of fucks to give". One poor audience member who read out a tweet revealed he was a meteorologist, leading to a splendid rant about Scottish weather (hardly a unique topic in the Fringe but Ms. Ryan did it well). She touched on all her normal topics too - dating; shit her daughter says and does (a good tale about taking a clearly-deceased rabbit to the vets because she didn't have the courage to tell her daughter about death; ripping her sister's friends apart back in her hometown ("would you rather be skinny or smart?"); a splendid insult about Jordan (the person, not the country); plenty others.
I'd have happily listened to her all night. Sadly she only had an hour. She fab.
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