Celebrating her 20th straight year on the Fringe, Godley chats about her upbringing in Glasgow, marriage into a gangster family, running a pub, being married to a man with autism and outwitting the police. And when I say 'chat' I mean relate caustically and hilariously. Blunt observations with a twist, Godley commands the room and immediately feels like everyone's pal. She'll insult the hypocrisy and cant of catholics and protestants with equal fervour, but reserves special venom for the current US president, with whom she has history. We're treated to the 2 iconic photos of Janey holing anti-Trump placards which went globally viral after his visits to Turnberry in 2016 and this year. And she doesn't spare her critics either.
Sharp, acerbic, yet almost intimately friendly in her delivery, Godley is still one of the best comedians Scotland has. And one of the best, and most socially aware, on the Fringe. Highly recommended (every year!).
This was Janey Godley's final show of the 2018 Fringe.
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