Ellie Taylor has made an impact on the small screen with her appearances on Mock the Week, the John Bishop Show and Snog Marry Avoid. She is appropriately happily married as befits the host of a television show about finding a partner and her show explores the heady state of monogamy. Ellie muses on the possibilities and repercussions of extra marital activity and the plausibility of her strategy adds a darkness that eclipses the sunnier side of married life.
Blessed with an extra portion of charm and good looks, Ellie Taylor goes the extra comedy mile to ensure that she is judged on her talents rather than her appearance. The sweet ‘girl next door’ approach is a smoke screen for something much cleverer and harder edged than her television persona may imply.
Our audience included three hen parties no doubt thinking that they would get some sort of a replay of Snog Marry Avoid in preparation for their own nuptuals. One party behaved as if they were at home in front of the telly rather than at a live gig, talking loudly to each other and hurling their own jokes at Ellie. Suitable admonishments distributed, the show quickly settled into a brisk and pleasing pace.
All part of live comedy’s rich mix unfortunately. With bigger audiences for female comedy than ever, there’s the inevitable down side and drunken women are harder to talk down than a stag do if you are a female comedian.
Comedy explores relationships in all their peculiarity and variety. This is not just a female show and men will learn a lot about how women think and view marriage, including infidelity. Take him indoors along and once he has succumbed to Ellie’s charm, he will learn that she speaks for most of us!
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