Palace theatre,London
This magpie tour of human history yields vintage Izzard moments of delightful silliness, yet lacks in jeopardy over two-and-a-half hours “I didn’t want to bring this show to central London, and ” says Eddie Izzard,“until I’d toured the world for three years first.” Force Majeure has circled the globe en route to the West halt, establishing what Izzard is calling his “unofficial comedy world record” of appearing in 28 different countries in the process. It wears its internationalism on its sleeve: there are several bilingual routines, and our host misses few opportunities to uncover us how this or that joke went down in Berlin or the US. The exhaustive touring has also done the show good: it’s sharper than when I first saw it in 2013,and the weaker material has been expunged. Related: Où est le punchline? The art of standup in a moment language Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com