The Big Top, Cardiff
Mon 22 May
The Wales Unsigned Standup Award 2012 winner and Comedians Choice Nominee for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 is returning to Edinburgh again this year for his third successive show at the Scottish capital. Jordan Brookes has earned many admirers in recent years for his original and experimental style, combining the meta-textuality of Stewart Lee with the physicality of a silent-era comedian and the downright out-of-nowhere surrealness of Chris Morris’ Jam and Blue Jam series. Brookes has at times been divisive: Fringe Biscuit described 2016’s show The Making of as “self-pitying,” but it’s a badge that he wears with pride.
This preview of his latest show, Body of Work, deals, supposedly, with the passing of Brookes’ grandmother in 2015 at the age of 95. That said, considering that this is a comedian who is quite happy to spend 10 minutes simulating a Scouse accent by way of guttural noises and vein-popping facial gymnastics, it’s safe to say that expectations might be worth forgetting. Whatever happens, Jordan Brookes is bound to be strange, bizarre, and well off the beaten track when it comes to standup comedy.
Jordan Brookes will also bring Body of Work to Le Pub in Newport on Wed 31 May.
Admission: £3.00. Info: https://afterdark.co/venues/cardiff/the-big-top
