one4review | On 06, Aug 2024

From the initial ‘rock-star’ entrance, hitting the stage dressed in a power suit Olga Koch hits the ground running. A little audience interaction and she is off, explaining wealth and how it is obtained, be it from Russian oligarch, working hard for the American Dream or inheritance Koch decides she wants to make her own way.
From boarding school, living the Sex in the City life whilst studying in New York, working for a media platform in a former Soviet satellite state, before landing in her current career as a highly successful comedian, playing to full houses wherever she goes.
Although this show is jam packed with laughs, her personality flirty and bouncy, I feel that she has moved up a notch with this performance. The talk of extreme wealth is not going to be relatable to many, but somehow, she makes the subject accessible. It is eloquently written and charismatically delivered. There is a lot going on in this jam-packed hour.
Olga has always been a likeable comic with stage presence by the bucketload and she still is of course. For me at least she has reached a new level.

****1/2
Reviewed by Geoff
Monkey Barrel 3
17.45 to 18.45
Until 25th August