Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee (2022) brings “Louise Leigh Amused” to Brighton Fringe 2023.
Celebrating midlife, menopause and farts, the show was so much fun at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at sold out dates in Bristol, Leicester Comedy Festival and elsewhere that Louise is not ready to stop performing it.
It’s a tale of rescues, shaving your legs and what you do with your boobs when you’re alone.
“the dexterity with which she manipulates her breasts in a physical comedy routine will live long in the memory (or is that mammary?)…. Go see this show.”
Funny Women ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“This show feels like it’s been developed away from industry circles and is all the better for it. The fact it wraps the silliness up with a bit of a message is simply a bonus.”
The Wee Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“You said it for us all – and you didn’t hide the hard gory bits. It was really beautiful. I’ve laughed my heart out and now I feel like a little cry. “
Kate Dimbleby, Jazz Singer
Audiences have absolutely loved their time in Louise’s company, describing it as “a stonking show”, “Gobsmackingly funny” and “Very clever. A belly laugh from start to finish.”
“Midlife can be dark” says Louise. “I’m determined to look at the funny side. Women my age spend so much of our time carrying around other people’s crap – most of it metaphorical. I want to create a time and place where we can put it all down, just for an hour, and wet ourselves laughing – mostly metaphorically!”.
While the show is aimed firmly at a particular demographic, it has a universal appeal, too, with audiences from students to grandparents and “even the slightly sceptical-looking men, who’d clearly been dragged along by their partners” [Funny Women] being sucked into Louise’s joyful, infectiously funny world.
“Louise Leigh Amused” (say it out loud for a cheeky free joke in the title) deals with the challenges of child-rearing, living with teenagers and how it feels to be twenty-five years old in a body that’s double that age.
It’s a very silly love letter to the friendships that have sustained Louise, even though their idea of a good night out has changed, and the nicknames that they call each other behind their backs have become bleaker.
Louise Leigh describes her stand up career as a midlife crisis gone horribly, horribly wrong. After putting off her teenage dream of being a comedian for 20 years, she finally took to the mic in her forties and hasn’t looked back. Louise has a growing reputation as a hot new talent, albeit in a hot flush body, going from strength to strength after her Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nomination last year, and now regularly seen on the pro circuit in Bristol, the South West and nationally.
She’s an excellent podcast or radio guest, with appearances on BBC 5 Live, BBC Bristol, Union Jack Radio, Comedy Arcade and more.
