Wednesday August 14th 2024
Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson
Berlin based comic, Ori Halvey, has brought his unfinished stand-up hour to Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival, showcasing his work in progress everyday at 10:15pm in an old hostel room above Bar 50.
Greeting people in the queue for the show and giving out free tickets to the first in line, Ori brought this audience interaction into his stand-up hour. Despite the small venue consisting of only 23 seats, the comic used the audience to add to his comedy sketch’s, making jokes towards tourists in the room and picking on certain people.
The comedy was controversial at times with topics such as the Holocaust and Palestine being brought up but in a respectful way that the crowd enjoyed, with critics calling his jokes offensive at times.
Through an honest discussion about his life and his Holocaust survivor mother, the comedy was raunchy in nature bringing up close to the bone topics, he discussed Palestine, World War II and his drug experiences.
Despite the show being a work in progress and the venue being surprisingly small, Ori Halvey seemed too big to be playing in one of the Fringe’s smallest venues, a sold-out room of 23.
The shows content was clearly aimed at over 18’s and ran on a pay what you can basis with online ticket bookings prices varying from £12 to £5 with tickets available for purchase at the door.
I highly recommend Ori Halvey’s ‘Laughing Matters’ but this style of comedy isn’t for the faint of heart when it comes to jokes involving controversial topics or being picked on by the comedian himself.
I rate Ori Halveys show 4/5, highly recommended.
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