You can always rely on three things from the Edinburgh Fringe: a huge, purple, upside-down cow, a ton of flyers everywhere and Tiff Stevenson giving us a hilarious show.
She is a performer absolutely on top of her game
This year’s show is Husband Material, an hour about the ups and downs of Stevenson’s married life in her 40s (even though we as an audience have multiple times to dispute that she actually is in her 40s, nobody seems to take the opportunity!) There’s also some sharp political satire that’s incredibly relevant to the current times we live in.
Whether she’s speaking about the size of her handbag or just commenting on some truly basic bitch names of older men in the audience, Stevenson has us hooked. As a comedian embarking on their eleventh – yes, eleventh – full Fringe show, Stevenson knows how to keep an audience engaged. She knows how to structure jokes properly and her wide grin at the end of certain punchlines is absolutely infectious. Her strong performance is enhanced by the knowledge that she is a performer absolutely on top of her game, someone at home on the stage and who you can rely on for gag after gag.
We’re in a venue which Stevenson admits is a little odd for a comedy gig (the sticky floors make it more than likely that our bags will contract some kind of STD), but I would have remained stuck to my seat (literally) for longer than the hour. Husband Material is a brilliant, life affirming show from one of the most underrated and funniest comedians in the UK today.
