of course we said dawn french first, but then there was the sound of barrels being scraped as someone feebly mentioned jennifer saunders and jo brand. no-one dared pipe up with jenny éclair. maybe the funny women just aren’t up on stages performing, although there was one out in public last night. susan murray was great. her show centred around herself and her unsuccessful search for a boyfriend. that’s dangerous territory and could have resulted in an evening about how rubbish men are and how rubbish men are and – you get the idea. but instead of this we had a multi-media show with web pages, answerphone messages and anecdotes about the perils of singledom and searching for a date. the funny stories and the sheer likableness of susan make the show work. it was like being let in on a chat with a mate about their dating disasters and having a good chuckle about he freaks she met along the way.
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"Onto the comedy, and tonight’s opening act was Susan Murray. This was the third time I’ve seen Susan, and tonight’s was the best set I’ve seen her do. Born in Scotland and raised in Wolverhampton (“because my parents wanted me to sound like a twat”), she entertained us with some damn filthy material which went down very well (so to speak). She’s got rid of some of the weaker material that spoiled her act a bit last time I saw her, and has brought in some new stuff that’s incredibly near the knuckle (she does probably the best gag about rape I’ve ever heard, although admittedly there aren’t too many contenders for that particular award). She’s also brave enough to tackle the thorny issue of Muslim fundamentalism (including the real reason why the Burka was invented), and tells us about her experiences with internet dating (for which she was joined by a member of the audience called Diane, who had plenty of horror stories on that score…and I mean, plenty) and being a thirtysomething singleton. There was also an absolutely corking routine about the
state of womens toilets in nightclubs with a pay-off line that had the
back room of the Lescar in hysterics. Far too good to spoil here though.
Female comics get a bit of a rough ride usually, but Susan’s one
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| 'time out' 31st september, 2005 | |
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| 'wolverhampton express and star' 5th august, 2005 | |
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