Kept alive by cake dreams

about Islam. But mainly you will learn what a fascinating entertainer Thom Tuck is. KATE COPSTICK her mind racing, her compelling observations on gender and marriage equality in her homeland pre-empting an explanation that she’s bisexual. Even here, though, she’s strongly second-guessing herself.

Despite being a stand-up of some ten years standing, she has a youthful appearance that means audiences are only belatedly treating her political opinions as weighty, she explains, making an incisive argument for why many don’t find female comedians funny. Quite brilliantly, she aligns discomfort about comedians discussing abortion to her creative process, the mild in-jokiness of the material hardly compromising its droll elegance.

Though her anecdotes are grounded in reality, the version we hear is filtered through her bizarrely vivid imagination, once again public transport and the fear of a young woman returning home alone prompting Davis to ascribe all sorts of motivations to a potential rapist, which are relatively progressive as it turns out. She’s also

0 Cake, sexuality, suicide – Laura Davis works wonders with it all supremely witty, envisioning an endpoint to romance between anti-vaxxers, pushing their logic to an unsustainable conclusion. At one point she ventures “I’m sure people would prefer happier with moments of compassion shining through the corruption, feels refreshingly honest and understated. Tracey and Siobhan’s relationship becomes an example of the shared humanity that can be found here – as well as an engaging insight into the often-faceless roles of ‘prisoner’ and ‘guard’ and the point where the two meet. SALLY STOTT jokes”. Not if they’ve sound judgement they won’t, as Davis’ extreme introspection is more than cheering and frequently hilarious. JAY RICHARDSON being given cocktails, deckchairs and a personal sandpit does not compensate for the bludgeoning obviousness of the script. MARK FISHER