Sunday 25 May 2014

Comedy: That Funny Blind Guy 2: Jamie MacDonald

Jamie MacDonald's follow up to his solo show at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. 

With a title like that I was expecting a string of jokes centred around MacDonald's visual impairment. Not so. In fact I forgot he was visually impaired until it came up in an amusing anecdote about a Groupon holiday. 

MacDonald seems to have hit on that winning comedy formula which is to talk about things we can all relate to on some level. Whether it's the Jager bomb drinking ex or the horror of holidays and weddings, MacDonald tackles them with his combination of sharp wit and frankness. 

If you happen to be in Edinburgh this year for the fringe then you could do a lot worse than catching That Funny Blind Guy 2. MacDonald had us laughing from the start and engaged throughout. Hopefully he will grace the studio theatres of Brighton again soon

3/5
Lex Moon 

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