Teddy Bares

Note: This review is from 2008

Review by Steve Bennett

Teddy is a sweet lad, with wit and gags at his fingertips and a painful, bitter story of unrequited infatuation to tell, reliving a fairly horrible period of rejection.

It is sometimes excruciating to listen to, and though the laughs are there, they are too often buried in this over-intimate description of his own hurt.

Teddy is self-deprecating to a fault; his delivery lacks confidence and his very presence feels like an act of bravery. He has come to open his soul, which is not always a fun evening, even if there is a liberal sprinkling of good gags.

When he finally gets to his single sexual encounter with the object of his desires, the audience’s sympathies are firmly with him. Were that not the case what follows would be tortuous listening. No wonder he gives the impression he has undertaken a very brave thing here.

His obvious unease on stage does nothing to soothe the awkwardness in the material, that is just never going to be easy to hear.

This is not the sort of thing you’d want to subject yourself to if you were feeling a bit low. But Teddy is an endearing, funny young man. When he finally gets over this woman and finds something else to talk about, he’ll be worth seeing.

Reviewed by: Chloe Smith

Review date: 1 Jan 2008
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett

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