Leah MacRae is a widely known and well-loved face in Scottish appearing circles, that includes in Baby Reindeer, River City, the about to be launched Night Sleeper and most famously in Gary Tank Commander. MacRae has enviable comedian timing and an much more enviable singing voice, each of that are on present in her newest stage present Leah MacRae’s Best Bits.
It’s been a number of years for the reason that nearly ubiquitous MacRae has been seen on stage, with crowds begging for extra after her earlier outings My Big Fat Fabulous Diary and Leah MacRae Weighs In. In Best Bits we discover out why it’s been so lengthy.
While on the floor this appears to be extra of the standard comedy mayhem we’re used to, the thread that binds one of the best bits collectively is extra weighty. MacRae bears her soul after a break up that took her to the brink and again. After remedy, psychological and bodily she is spreading a good-natured message of self love and acceptance. In the least preachy approach potential she explains the distinction between trauma and anxiousness and urges us all to acknowledge and search assist the place we want it. She shines a light-weight on the Scottish tendency to brush all of this beneath the carpet and proclaims from the rooftops and on the high of her lungs that getting all of it out within the open is one of the best remedy. All of this in an atmosphere she declares her secure house – an viewers of her followers.
Don’t be misled that this can be a large outdated self-help session, relatively it’s the standard bawdy comedy and belting tunes. She delivers Taylor The Latte Boy (made well-known by Kristin Chenoweth) and Fabulous Baby from Sister Act, in addition to some roof-raising ballads and pop tunes. Stand out among the many songs is a hysterical one on intervals, following an equally hysterical scene on males shopping for interval merchandise within the grocery store. She additionally shows her typical self-deprecating humour particularly within the skit about flying.
Despite seen nerves and technical points that she offers with, with aplomb, MacRae may be very a lot at dwelling right here. She is a power of nature and it’s sensible to see that she’s again the place she belongs.
