United Solo Theatre Festival Presents:

‘AT WIT’S END: A HOME FOR RETIRED COMICS’
WRITTEN and PERFORMED by: NANCY REDMAN

DIRECTOR: BILL COSGRIFF
PRESS AGENT: AUDREY ROSS

It’s always difficult to write a review as the “odd person”, as many fans of Nancy’s were in the audience and seemed to laugh at all the right places. I’ve seen Nancy Redman before and she truly is a fine comedienne. In fact, she’s famous, having appeared on many TV shows and won numerous awards. The premise of this show taking place in a comedian’s retirement home was clever and her delivery was crisp, but it fell a bit flat for me. The audience for this should be at least in their 70’s and many were. Yes, there were puns and jokes and a clever routine about punchline jeopardy. The hour and a half felt very long and it was hard to hear some of the old and familiar jokes, even though that was the point. The last routine that deconstructed what a joke is, explaining that person in a joke who makes a mistake is always right was interesting but became tedious. I would go to see a Nancy Redman show again, and perhaps it was me not her on this one.


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October 19, 2019

-Ronni Burns