Milo Edwards: Sentimental ★★★★★

As I sit down to write this it occurs to me that I have never reviewed a standup show before and I am not really sure what to say? It was funny? Well, yes, my throat was sore from laughing by the end. And as someone who has been dealing with the passing of my girlfriend in a variety of ways, including dark humour and (sometimes just screaming, which Milo Edwards justifiably asks why we aren’t just doing all the time considering everything), a show about how we handle death was very resonant.

It was also interesting hearing him in very different mode to what I’m used to from listening to him improvising on Trash Future. This is very carefully prepared and layered material with a delivery that occasionally reminds me of Stewart Lee.

The final faux-sentimental multimedia video projection that ends the show was also really enhanced by the gig organisers having completely forgotten to prepare for it and having to hastily cobble together a projection screen by sellotaping a bunch of blank posters together.