COMEDY

Turning 40 soon, and outwardly reflecting on what she has accomplished so far, Zoe Lyons sets herself up as an underachiever who is content staying at home, watching Come Dine With Me in her Snuggie (a blanket with sleeves don’t cha know).  For such a self-proclaimed underachiever, Lyons is certainly doing a-ok at the moment; with a successful Edinburgh show and permanent panel show appearances on the beeb.

Lyons material is fairly safe, she skips through jokes about nudist beaches, airports and drug smuggling, raising solid laughs all round.  When Lyons is at her best however, is when she crosses that line between playing it safe and daring to be a little riskier.  Her scathing condemnation of the ‘high achieving youth’ offering her life advice, is delivered in such a ferocious manner with excellent use of comedic tone and timing, Lyons should perhaps focus a little more on this more cutting type of narrative.

The best thing about Lyons is her widespread appeal and what it stands for.  She goes down well with the Michael McIntyre type; a sort of middle England, funny but not outrageous type of humour.  This for a 39-year old lesbian from Glasgow is the highest of achievements, and it seems despite the premise of her show, Lyons is coolly aware of this.