For the last gig on her most recent tour, comedienne Sara Pascoe gave it all.
Theatre: Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (LPAC)
Written and Performed by: Sara Pascoe
Running: 1 hour 50 mins
The short performance, with two 45-minute pieces with an interval, flew by and it showed that Sarah Pascoe knew how to please an audience.
Like any performing comedy, she bashed out well-rehearsed jokes one after the other, but still kept to the theme of sex and more or less, her life. Using anecdotal references as filler in the show, we got an in depth recount of her life including first boyfriends to her current boyfriend.
There were some parts that made it seem like the show was aimed more at women than men, which is understandable from a female feminist, yet that did not stop the men in the audience laughing along at the jokes, despite the male gender being at the brunt of her jokes.
A lot, if not all the sketches, were about sex and you had to feel sorry for her boyfriend who was mainly the butt of her jokes, but as he is a comedian as well, it makes the empathy slightly move to one side.
Like all comedians/comediennes, she interacted well with the audience, effortlessly bringing them into the show, speaking directly to the viewers and asked if someone was alright after a cough was heard.
The audience, who were both students and adults but mainly the latter, were laughing the whole way through from the very opening piece to the final and it was clear a lot of effort had gone into producing what was a fantastic comedy act.
It was well rehearsed and despite there being some pauses where she ‘forgot’ what she saying, it enticed the audience to laugh even harder. However, it did make one wonder whether the bits she ‘forgot’ were part of the show itself, but either way it worked brilliantly.
Some of the sketches were relatable to all audience members and her use of historical contexts and references showed that she spent a fair bit of time getting the show to what it was.
As it began to draw to an end, it became more philosophical than one was expecting: the concept of the world coming to an end really made one think about their life and what will happen if the world ends.
This, once again, showed that Sara managed to produce a piece of comedy that was not just joke after joke, but instead made the audience think about life, something that not all comedians/comediennes can do.
Sara is without a doubt someone who will attract more and more audience numbers as she excels in the comedy world.
