Review by: Paul Towers, 28 October 2016
Julian Clary – The Joy of Mincing
Curve 28 October 2015
“revels in every glorious opportunity to shock.”
Back in the 80’s I used to run a famous pub in South London
called The Goldsmith Tavern, the starting place for many famous comedians
including Vic Reeves, Rory Bremner and the inimitable Julian Clary, then known
as The Joan Collins Fan Club, much to the Dame’s displeasure. Reverting to his
real name Clary has garnered a reputation unique to him.
For his 30th anniversary of clambering onto a
stage to entertain a room full of punters, Clary is in the middle of a
nationwide tour bringing joy and outrage to us ordinary folk.
As he narrates tit bits from his illustrious career we are
treated to rather more detail of his unexpurgated life than perhaps some would
want. His drug taking is an especially unedifying period of his younger life
but is told in all its gory detail as a lesson to the unworldly.
As is to be expected Clary shies well away from a double
entendre when a single one is available and revels in every glorious
opportunity to shock while shamelessly namedropping everyone from Paul O’Grady
right up to Dame Joan Collins.
Julian Clary’s The Joy of Mincing is out on tour throughout
the autumn. Full details at http://julianclary.co.uk/
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