‘Dee Allum performs with refreshing frankness and fantastically crafted wit‘
Dee Allum isn’t afraid to take risks and frequently approaches her comedy from the angle of ‘saying it how it is’. This always pays off, ensuring that her observations surrounding her own femininity and navigating transitional periods are both disarmingly and charmingly honest. Allum knows how to structure a joke, planting wonderful seeds that pay off exponentially throughout her performance. She covers a lot of ground, delving into the circumstances surrounding her transgender identity from both a personal and political angle; her conviction that there are underappreciated parallels between transness and football; her evolving relationships with her partner and parents; the trials and tribulations of an office job. Yet Allum’s sharply constructed storytelling ensures she never loses her audience, instead, taking us on an engaging and consistently humorous journey.
Raumdeuter is characterised throughout by a wry, ironic tone which is highly entertaining to watch. A dynamic writer, Allum has found a great balance between pointed social critiques and playfully self-depreciating humour. She enjoyed terrorising a few audience members to great payoff, although the only element of this show which perhaps had room to grow was making more opportunities to riff off the audience. However, I appreciate this can be very high risk, particularly with the topics Allum so brilliantly navigates, and she already does a wonderful job of holding the audience in the room with her.
I would strongly encourage audiences to catch Dee Allum before the end of her run – you will absolutely be caught up in her clever web of jokes and delighted by her candid yet keen-eyed observations.
SHOW LISTING: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/dee-allum-raumdeuter
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs
Dates: Aug 5th -30th (exl. 18)
Time: 16:10 (60 mins)
Ticket prices: £16.50 / concessions £15.50
Fringe box office: 0131 226 0000 / http://www.edfringe.com
Suitable for 16+