When we go into the room at the Gilded Balloon, Lucie Pohl is waiting for us, sitting on a bench. She greets us with a very friendly demeanour and bursts into dance. She is famous – video game famous – but doesn’t have a toilet in her New York apartment.
When your fictional video game character is more successful than your real self, when you have an entourage and bodyguards and queues of people wanting to talk to you at various comic cons around the world, but don’t have a toilet in your flat, how do you know what’s real? That is the basic premise of the German-American comedian, whose show is a deconstruction of online life vs real life
The performer tells us about her Scottish ex-boyfriend and her Comic-Con life. She delivers her show confidently, through engaging storytelling and fun, lively impressions. The show gifts the audience with a few good jokes, but could have done with a better connecting thread through it all.
★★★
Lucie Pohl: Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Real is at the Gilded Balloon at 21:00 until 26th August. For tickets and more information click here!
Funny Women are at the Edinburgh Fringe with five shows, from 19th – 23rd August, a Funny Women Awards 2019 semi-final, a Stand Up to Stand Out workshop and a Meet Up. Come find us!
There’s still time to nominate a women-led show for the 2019 Funny Women Awards’ Best Show Category! The show with the most nominations will be picked! Nominate a show you have seen or your own show by 31st August here!
