Points of view: theatre, comedy and news
Marjolein Robertson is a storyteller. Yes, a comedian and a fantastic one at that, but one who weaves intricate threads of comedy, folklore and story together into something far greater, for the stories she tells either about her own life or from folklore are no mere anecdotes. They speak to a deeper feeling of truth and heart that surpasses that term. And Robertson really illustrates her gift for story in Lein.
I left Josie Long’s Now Is The Time Of Monsters shell-shocked and with the understanding that I have greatly underestimated just how stand-up can make me feel. It’s such a powerful hour full of off-beat, effortless and deeply funny comedy, that speaks to something bigger and leaves us with a tonne of questions to reflect on to the point where we feel everything that Long says in the depths of our souls.
Pepper & Salt 