The last train out of Glasgow is an experience hard to describe, but Jay does a good job – labelling it as a “beer-ridden, drug-fuelled nightmare”. The name for Jay’s show, “Ooft!”, she explains, is due to how Ooft is a term that can be used in many ways; it can be a sad ooft, a mad ooft, or an impressed ooft. Ooft is used a lot during her stories.
Her stand up show is a creative and comical account of avoiding the last train out of Glasgow, which, ironically, she fails to do. Jay tells you the classic Scotrail experience as she reflects on a date night out with her husband that went wrong.
During Jay’s time on a train full of tipsy hens, guitar men, and random children, she immerses you in her terrible experience, interrupted by fake, but in some ways all too real, announcements from “Scotrail”.
It’s becoming a trend among comics this year to analyse the difference between generations. A number of shows I have been to have now brought this up. It’s an easy way to engage with the Gen Zs, the millennials, Xs, and Boomers. However Jay manages to put her own unique spin on it and relate all the generational jokes to the topic points of her show.
Scotrail, sex-ed, and a slideshow are all big parts of her hour. She is funny and witty as she battles perimenopause, WhatsApp mum groups and worst of all, Scotrail, Ooft!
Jay Lafferty: Ooft! 17.00, The Stand Comedy Club, until August 25
