Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

Amy Webber tackles that age-old question - how to make your CV stand out and get a job. Her tactic is unique, putting her opera degree to good use with impressively long notes as she sings her list of accomplishments, from achieving the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award to speaking Japanese. 

Webber’s show follows a simple format as she takes us through a list of jobs she thinks she could do - such as being an educator, due to her extensive experience ‘teaching’ Beanie Babies.

Her talent for musical comedy is clear, parodying the music of today, as she makes up a blues song about being locked out of a Netflix account, and a forbidden love song about her therapist. While not the most captivating comedy, Webber’s personable nature and  amusing anecdotes  make for a light-hearted hour full of Gregorian chants and chuckles - although one song mocking Band Aid did make for a shocking laugh. 

Webber’s knack for crowdwork cannot be ignored, proving to one man that she could sing funeral songs for a living, and teaching the room how to ‘network’ through awkward and hilarious bouts of extended eye-contact.

Her insistence that she could be a therapist produces a fine moment when an unsuspecting audience member is helped to express himself through interpretive dance. Webber is playful and charismatic, exactly what a Fringe audience needs in a musical comedy. 

She ended the show by giving us a personal statement, neatly tying up the hour and leaving a joyful energy in the room. 

Review date: 25 Aug 2023
Reviewed by: Kashmini Shah
Reviewed at: Just the Tonic at The Mash House