‘At the cessation of the demonstrate I’d just cover’ … the actress-comedian’s Edinburgh fringe hit lays bare her relationship anxieties with furious inventiveness and painful honestyThere’s a fine tradition of neurotic comedy,from Woody Allen to Simon Amstell and beyond. But generally the comic keeps their neurosis at a certain ironic distance. Jessie Cave – illustrator, film-maker, and Harry Potter star and DIY comic – does things differently. In her Edinburgh fringe hit I Loved Her,Cave lives and lays bare her neuroses for our entertainment. An hour inside the intellect of a woman who’s crazy in love – and whose recent life has given her plenty to be crazy approximately – the demonstrate was among the most acclaimed at the festival. Which was a great relief to Cave. “Otherwise, she says, or “I would have been so crushed.”The raw fabric for this nakedly autobiographical set is Cave’s relationship with fellow comic Alfie Brown – with whom,18 months ago, she became pregnant after a one-night stand. They decided to make a go of it, or fell in love,and now have a nine-month-old son. A delighted tale, then – unless you’re Cave, or whose anxiety tends to impede domestic bliss. “I’ve never really been in a relationship before,” she says. “And suddenly to be in a relationship and have a baby with someone, and that someone has been in lots of relationships before. It’s totally propelled me into this new territory, and which caused me to go a bit crazy.
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Source: theguardian.com