| 11 August 2011
Bridget Christie enters dressed as a bishop with gorilla’s hands and throws wafers at the audience; you would be forgiven for thinking this show is going to be an assault on the senses and physically. Thankfully, she calms down after this and settles into her chatty and friendly routine.
Based around her life as a Catholic, the show is mostly about religion. However, Christie is content to mock all aspects of religion, including her own beliefs. The show moves through stand-up to skits and even a minor detour into puppetry. Her humour focuses not on understanding Catholicism but how following it led to some interesting conversations with her varied friends and family.
Her jokes, for the most part, were well-timed and were rewarded with a cackle from the audience. Having been to the Fringe previously, she is clearly comfortable and confident in front of an audience. Her material, despite the religious theme, is inoffensive. It may not have you rolling in the aisle but it will make you chuckle. This show would be good for a mixed group who cannot settle on an act to see, as it is not too controversial with the right amount of wacky.
Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist, The Stand II, 5-28 Aug (not 15), 4.40pm
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