Craig Hill comes out on stage while Scissor Sister’s I Don’t Feel Like Dancing is playing on the sound system. He dances like Shakira, Vogues like Madonna, does some Scottish dancing, sings some tunes from Oliver and Evita and he does his own rendition of Petula Clark’s Downtown. They don’t come more camp than Craig Hill.If at first the public is taken a bit by surprise and is reluctant to interact with Hill, he soon puts worries at rest and wins over the whole audience with his ramblings about his childhood, growing up in Glasgow and coming out to his parents and five brothers whom already knew he was gay. Then when he rants about First Scotrail’s train services, politics and Glasgow Airport’s terrorist attack (is there anyone that won’t mention it in their comedy set?), Hill is on top form, and he gets the audience roaring with laughter.
Even when his routine is nothing new or special, it’s Hill’s personality and charisma that captivates everyone, and his constant grin is contagious, making this a real tour-de-force where there is no pause for regaining our breaths or composure.
It’s a real pleasure to listen to Craig Hill’s jokes, but it’s an ever bigger one to see him dancing and prancing around stage, having so much fun.
4/5
Adrian G. Velazquez
