one4review | On 21, Aug 2025

Flamboyant, thought-provoking, and with top-class confidence, Amelia
Hamilton is the rapping comic you didn’t expect but instantly adore. The
show is fast-paced, clever, and utterly memorable – a stand-out mix of
sharp stand-up, inventive raps with full-energy moves, plus such natural
warmth that she connects with everyone in the room.

Amelia has huge presence on stage – accomplished, engaging, quick-witted
– a consummate performer who can turn STEM smarts, middle-class
upbringing, and discreet flirtation into a set that is both delightfully
surprising and comedically skilled. The audience love the fact that this
is not what they anticipated: every rap, every routine, flips
presumptions on their head.

The lyrics are outstanding: well-written delivered fast, eliciting
genuine laughter while linking seamlessly into the storytelling. Topics
fly from “burning the house down” childhood warnings to the gender
investment gap, from break-up fury (delivered with gleeful venom) to
intrusive thoughts, ghosts on social media and “naughty nanas” who
deserve better than bland eulogies. Each rap is inventive, each story
threaded with a pressure-point honesty, and the confession that wanting
to make the world a better place is itself a huge pressure.

What makes it work so well is Hamilton’s engaging, talented delivery: a
performer trusted immediately, like the friend you could confidently
bring home, regardless that she might rap about anxiety, the
inevitability of everyone being forgotten, and even Stocks & Shares
ISAs, because she is such astonishingly charming company.

Delightful, accomplished, and a genuine stand-out: Amelia Hamilton is a
name to watch out for

*****
Reviewed by HJ
Pleasance Courtyard – Attic
21.45 (1hr)
Until 24 Aug