Theatre

Amy Wright – Occupied

John Underwood | Tuesday 7 August, 2012 15:13

Three years after packing in her job for a year out which is technically still going, comedian and ex-teacher Amy Wright has amassed a collection of material so eclectic that her hour-long show might as well have bolts through its neck. Confessional poems, drum’n’bass nursery rhymes and some long-overdue advice for singer/coconut water salesperson Rihanna jostle for space in this compendium of quirk, hammered together in an order largely dictated by the audience (“Do you want to hear my joke yet?”) and delivered in the oddly Pavlovian Northeastern coo which immediately makes Sarah Millican fans roll over to have their funny bones rubbed. Wright’s giggly, scattergun delivery and chatty asides are reminiscent of Josie Long, although she largely steers clear of the latter comic’s politicised subject matter to talk about chipmunks and (sigh) struggling to get a boyfriend. A half-hour set which focused on the strongest parts of her set would have made it much easier for Wright to maintain the gig’s energy, but Occupied is nevertheless an endearing and frequently very funny full-length debut.

If you miss her Camden Fringe show, Amy Wright will be in Edinburgh later this month.

Camden Fringe listing page

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