one4review | On 22, Aug 2024

The best thing about this show is how much fun Ruby Carr looks like she’s having, and it’s quite infectious. I’m sure she’d prefer her audiences to be having a good time – on balance, unless you’re a joy hoover, you will – but the jokes are in here first and foremost because they delight her, and that confidence and conviction is beguiling.

It does help that her comedy is funny. It’s frequently ridiculous and silly and incredulous, and doesn’t take anything too seriously, but it also isn’t mean about the things she finds on Ebay, and she has found some things. A whole new category of procrastination has been unveiled to me, though it won’t be as fun without Ms Carr’s commentary. This isn’t a show where we’re simply presented with screenshots and the performer profits from the work of others. Rather, Ms Carr’s got intereting things to say, and uses eBay and other sources to demonstrate her points, to support the structure of the show, and as the basis for really fun interactive elements.

Ms Carr may not have the brand ambassador deal she’s after – yet – but on the evidence of this show, which includes the best impersonation of a daddy long legs you’ll see at the Fringe or elsewhere, it’s unlikely she’ll need it. Ruby Carr is a great comedian doing funny things – she’ll make her own brand.

Reviewed by Laura

Underbelly George Square
19:20
Until 26th