You may not be surprised to hear that this show contains swearing, considering the title. The fact that it is creative swearing, musical swearing, artistic swearing, and a lot of things that aren’t swearing (yet) but are ridiculous, creative, funny, nuts, and more should also not surprise you. It’s Seymour Mace, and he specialises in such variety.
This is his happiest show ever, we are informed, and it’s a delight to see him enjoying himself singing and dancing and calling himself a “c*nt” with such joyful abandon. The show doesn’t feel linear, just packed with many pockets of utterly diverse creativity, sewn together. Who else would be found shouting out of the window one moment to a passer by, and showcasing an entire kids’ TV series world construct, complete with finale ballad the next? It’s an anarchic barrage of ideas and a true delight.
This show feels at times like a workshop in laughter. We’re drawn in, involved, consulted, and even encouraged to deliver punchlines generously set up by Mace for us to get the pay-off. The venue crew are included in the invitation to contribute too, set up to also share in the delight and joy of their particular format point. There’s a lot of work in evidence, even for throwaway gags like the massive poster only present for the first few minutes of the show.
Mace is a generous comic creator, sharing the randomness of the directions of his mind and taking us along for a multi-coloured, puppet-singing, all-inclusive, joy of a ride. Swear jar not included.
Seymour F*cking Mace You C*nts, 19.05, Stand 2, Until August 25
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/seymour-f-cking-mace-you-c-nts
