New Yorker Sara Barron opened the show with a short, biting set. She only married her British husband for the free health care and is bitchy and scathing about her friends. Because that's what friends are for. She reserves a special place in her vitriol for anyone who says their mum is their best friend. And tells us why she really did receive the best marriage proposal ever (not the idle boast you might think) including a surprising use of the word baguette.
This comes with sharp observational humour that has you recognising people you know, and maybe yourself. Barron is smart and funny and there are moments of full-on hilarity in the set. Worth seeing.
Comedians who've become a 'name' on the telly can sometimes be a big disappointment when seen live. No such let down from Kumar who set a high standard from the off and never let it drop. Brexit, of course, featured for much of the set, with incisive perceptions that show the full folly of what's been happening for the past couple of years. If it's a bit anglocentric at times he can just about be forgiven in a show that's touring UK wide, and he does emphasise he wants us to stay in the UK because we're sometimes England's best hope. His comments about appearing on TV with some of the lesser intellects amongst Leave-backing MPs (one of whom had a stint as brexit minister) are worth the ticket price alone.
The same twisted intelligence is also shone on Trump, male feminists, sex pests and the so-called 'incels'. Add in the notion of a sweary Ghandi, a bit of physical comedy and a surprisingly good Josh Widdicombe impression and you have a set that's covering a lot of ground, provokes and prods, produces original ideas and provides laugh after laugh after laugh. If you like Kumar on The Mash report, and have been impressed by his thoughtful performance on Question Time, you'll think even more highly of him after seeing this show.
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