Glen Foster is ‘That Canadian Guy’ even in Canada apparently, where he’s been a headline stand-up for over twenty years, but he’s happy enough if you can’t remember his real name and just focus on the laughs.
In case you forget the Canadian bit, he’s the one down the front wearing a shirt plastered in maple leaves (which usefully also helps people not to mistake him for an American).
Performing in a converted conference room on the first floor of the Apex City hotel (watch out, there are two Apex hotels in the Grassmarket – make sure you get the City), he starts nicely by taking the mickey out of his surroundings.
It takes a few minutes to tune into the laid back comedy from this slightly more mature than usual comic, but it builds nicely and is worth hanging on in there for. A lot of his material is focussed on his sheer laziness, for example how much easier it is to lie on his couch than to do just about anything else. There’s some nice stuff too on the current terrorist threats as seen from a Canadian perspective (hey, no-one ever got blown up by lying on the couch).
All of this is delivered in an accent built for comedy – kind of a cross between Homer Simpson and Scotty from Star Trek. If you’re looking for some intelligent, well-honed observational comedy then Glen Foster is That Canadian Guy for you.
