Sarah Millican began working as a professional standup at the age of 29, winning the IF Best newcomer award. Now, at 36, she has grown into one of the must-see comedians at the Fringe, performing to packed audiences and glowing reviews.
It’s easy to see why, for when she takes to the stage, dowdy with glasses and talking in a warm South Shields accent, she immediately warms the audience with a self-deprecating humour that frequently teeters on the edge between adorable and wickedly filthy.
Armed with spot-on comic timing, her rambling stories about arguments with her boyfriend, cooing at cakes from fans, parental suicide pact, buying a ‘she-wee’ and arguments with her sister manage to be both heartfelt and hilarious and reveal much about Millican, for unlike many comedians it’s apparent that her stories are completely genuine. Tellingly at one point she stops mid-flow, berating herself for over-sharing as she forgets she’s not talking to her friends. But what Millican fails to realise is that she has befriended every audience member, each eager to hear more about her exploits.
Chatterbox is Millican’s third show at the Fringe but while thoroughly enjoyable it doesn’t quite reach the pitch-perfect, gut-bustingly funny heights of last year’s ‘Typical woman’ show, over-relying on too many female-centred topics about shopping and make-up, while one section about skyping her parents when trapped in Melbourne is curiously light on comedy. But these few blips aside, Sarah is still one of the best comedians around.
Fun, funny and gloriously filthy, make sure you get a ticket.
4/5 
Martin Miller
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)
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