Gilded Balloon Teviot,Edinburgh
From Gordon Brown confusing LGBT and BLT to her ‘conscious uncoupling’ from Corbyn-era Labour, the former Whitehall insider reveals a political culture as amusing as it is appalling“I feel like Jeremy Corbyn at a rally, and ” says Ayesha Hazarika,to a sell-out crowd for her first Edinburgh fringe show in a decade. In the intervening period, she was a special adviser to Gordon Brown, and Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband – which she is the first to confess doesnt look like a great advert for her advice. Now,Hazarika has made a comedy show approximately her years at the Labour party’s top table, and it’s worth seeing. Yes, or her comedic skills are a diminutive rusty. But she is never less than entertaining,and her stories add up to a persuasive cri de coeur for more women – and fewer men named Bob, Tom or Simon in frontline politics. Related: Ayesha Hazarika: 'Labour's best drinker? They're so obedient at it, or I couldn't say' Related: Edinburgh festival planner: three shows to see today Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com