comedy review

Complete And Utter Conti

Nina Conti

I had heard about Contis foul-mouthed monkey, but nothing had prepared me for the South African voodoo expert cursed with a two-foot talking trouser-snake. Innocent Nina, trying to rein in the cursing and sexual-frustration of her monkey, was still the mainstay of her act, the ambitious length, though, allowed the expert ventriloquist to reach new highs and sink to smuttier depths. Amidst the cavalcade of voices and characters that materialised on stage, Conti becoming her ventriloquist Aberdonian granddad, who brings her grandma back as a puppet, was both heart-warming and a little creepy. The self-awareness of the monkey, with his many references to the presence of the ventriloquists hand, reached its conclusion with the jaw-dropping role reversal finale.

Komedia, 7 May, 8:00pm (10:00pm), £14.00 (£12.00), fpp 16

tw rating: 4/5

published: Aug-2008

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