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Tamsyn Kelly: Hot Titty Bungalow comedy review – Clever wordplay and fun characters

The comedian illustrates her recent move to Glasgow in this fun show

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Tamsyn Kelly: Hot Titty Bungalow comedy review – Clever wordplay and fun characters

Making decisions is the theme of Tamsyn Kelly’s new show, specifically the one she took to move to Glasgow from her home of Penzance to be with a new boyfriend. Hopefully she’s putting some time into meeting a new cast of characters for her next show, because the one’s she’s left behind are pretty funny: her mum, brother, best mate and terrifying granny all get name-checked, as does the Penzance Sainsbos (lacking in the essentials of metropolitan life). 

Of course, building a new life from scratch isn’t easy and as the set develops we learn more about her lad (who makes a cute-couple cameo but really needs to learn to pick up after himself) and her struggle to make friends (surprising, given she’s a hoot at karaoke). It’s hard to know if crowd work is her superpower or if some audiences just don’t understand boundaries: either way she manages to coax a couple of hair-raising confessions as well as a scene-stealing turn on the mic from a smallish crowd. Hot Titty Bungalow is genial enough if not earth-shatteringly original (mental load and love eggs all feature); Kelly’s delivery is sweetly laidback and her clever wordplay is slyly funny in what amounts to a solid hour of comedy. 

Tamsyn Kelly: Hot Titty Bungalow, Monkey Barrel Cabaret Voltaire, until 24 August, 4.20pm; main picture: Fran Rowse.

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