Review by: Paul Towers, 25 June 2017
Edinburgh previews shows – Jonny Awsum & Juliette
Burton
Upstairs @ The Western, 25 June 2017
“two plus hours of comedy for less than the price of a packet
of cigarettes”
Back at Upstairs at The Western for another Edinburgh
Festival preview show. Again two plus hours of comedy for less than the price
of a packet of cigarettes. How can you not be satisfied?
Jonny Awsum (not his real name as he amusingly revealed) was
a semi finalist on this year’s Britain’s Got Talent. He is like a grown up
children’s entertainer who regaled us with a lovely tale of attempting to fulfil
a promise he made to his daughter when she was a babe in arms five years ago.
Interspersed with the highs and lows of his journey are a bevy of great
original songs and amusing stories which move the narrative along. Not only
does he write the songs and strum along on a guitar but there is also tons of
audio visuals to go with it.
Funnily enough his appearance on BGT appears only as an
almost postscript to his travails.
The other half of this great double bill is Juliette Burton
heading to Edinburgh for her third successive Fringe. Juliette’s comedy is that
of awkwardness and middle class angst. Looking a lot like the lost child of
Anneka Rice, she tries to explain how she copes with her multiple mental
illnesses while still attempting to be more kind to herself and those around
her. Again she interspersed her comedy with video links and audio samples. At
times it did seem like we were eavesdropping on her therapy session but it was
all lifted up with her self deprecating sense of the absurd humour in her life.
Both artistes are on tour up to and beyond the Edinburgh
Festival
Jonny Awsum’s tour dates can be found on www.jonnyawsum.com
Juliette Burton’s website is www.julietteburton.co.uk
First published on Western Gazette and London Pub Theatres
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