Art

I’m Not Being Funny

Fri 29 May £20 Bush Theatre

About ‘Maybe it’s stupid. But I think this will work.’ She’s signed them both up. Her and her husband. For stand-up comedy. So tonight they’re locking themselves in their living room until they’ve got a ‘tight five’, delving through their past for material. But some jokes hurt and laughter isn’t always the best medicine. With the clock ticking and nothing but a baby monitor for an audience, Billie and Peter wrestle with the spotlight as questions about their future are forced to the surface. A new play about hope, endings and how to survive if a knock knock joke hits you in the gut , I’m Not Being Funny is written by Piers Black ( Catching Comets, Pleasance & UK tour), directed by Traverse Theatre Associate Artist Bryony Shanahan ( Bloody Elle , West End) and produced by Prentice Productions ( How I Learned To Swim , Brixton House) . Stars Tia Bannon ( Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner ) and Jerome Yates (Netflix’s Project Codename ).