I admit to being biased and unbelievably proud of Rosie Jones who has more challenges than most in terms of delivering stand-up comedy. She openly admits to loving her disability, which gives her licence to embarrass work colleagues who use the disabled toilets and confesses to dribbling on anybody she dislikes!
We saw how Rosie’s honest material worked brilliantly throughout last year’s Funny Women Awards, where she reached the final six and realised a bit of a dream when she was mentored by Sara Pascoe.
Now the hard work begins and delivering 45 minutes of material in a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe is a right of passage for any comedian. Rosie’s material is developing and she is finding new ways of expressing herself with the confidence of a professional comic who is very much at the helm of her own career.
Rosie knows the form and it is already paying dividends. She works in television so has spent time around famous and established comedians and performers when she worked on the Paralympics in Rio and on topical comedy shows including The Last Leg. She’s already clocked up a few appearances in front of the camera too, so expect to see more of her over the next year.
Some of these experiences are documented in the show but the real take away is Rosie’s courage to stand as still and tall as she can in an industry that takes no hostages. She embraces her difference, has no reservations in describing what it’s like to have her condition (cerebral palsy) and how long and complicated it is to say!
This is one of the happiest and most joyous 40 minutes you will spend at the Fringe this year.
★★★★
Rosie Jones: Inspiration is at Opium at 15:00 until 26th August. For tickets and more information click here!
