Review: SUE PERKINS: THE ETERNAL SHAME OF SUE PERKINS, King's Theatre
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival runs until 29 March
As part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Sue Perkins returns with her first standup show in a decade.
We’ve known and loved several different versions of Sue Perkins over the last thirty years. There’s Bake Off Sue, Radio 4 Sue and travel presenter Sue. This show takes a look at all of those alter egos, along with the more personal side.
The revelation of an ADHD diagnosis might not come as a surprise after the whirlwind of the first section of the show. Hitting out with a variety of anecdotes and baking-related puns, it's organised chaos as she rattles through the material with a few distractions.
It’s not a rowdy crowd by any means and one additional piece of material shouted out by an audience member inspires a new ‘bit’ that goes down a storm. Perkins seems to get an awful lot out of her audience and this leads to a few improvised moments that prove she’s a skilled standup.
The second half of the show delves into the more personal and sensitive material, but it feels a little bit safe. There’s a vulnerability as she talks about the circumstances that led to her needing to stay in a psychiatric facility for a time but as the delivery is still fairly jaunty, it doesn’t quite hit the way it should.
This is a light and fun couple of hours with a beloved tv and radio personality.
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