Monday August 19th 2024
Ali Wood’s is back at the Fringe for the third year running with his fully finished stand-up show. Taking us on a journey of love and relationships he tells us the story of his relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
The hour-long comedy show is more than just a stand-up hour, it’s a theatrical story of his personal development through his ex-relationship with loads of comedy mixed in. Commanding the blacked-out stage, Ali Wood’s walks the stage with swagger and theatrics, using facial expressions and over-exaggerated body language to engage the crowd and elevate his comedy.
Ali Wood’s style mixes storytelling and comedy, taking the audience on an emotional rollercoaster of sadness and laughter. Guiding us with his comedy through the story of his relationship, making jokes about his ex-girlfriend’s behaviours and key moments in their relationship, makes us believe he is still happily with his ex.
The storytelling takes a turn near the end of the performance where we find he has been single for a year, adding a sad but hilarious twist. Creating a show based around your ex-relationship looks desperate on paper, but Ali Wood’s self-awareness to this fact takes the story from a depressing cry for help to a unique stand-up hour, using the base of an important story of his first relationship to display his creative style of comedy, spinning off into tangents about his work at the time and his up-bringing.
The comedian has gained a large following across social media platforms creating comedy skits. Building over 305 thousand on Instagram, he uses his social media to promote his stand-up comedy, creating skits around themes in his stand-up hour.
Coming off his internet popularity, this is his first year at The Edinburgh Fringe with a full-finished stand-up hour which has been a sell-out performance at the Bristo Square Underbelly.
If you after looking for a fun packed comedy hour told through a theatrical style of heartbreak and laughter, Ali Wood’s ‘At the Moment’ is a must-see show.
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