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A CHIP OFF THE GOLD BLOCK

Leslie Gold | View Performers Biography

Comedy

Venue:Bar 50, Within A&O Edinburgh City Hostel, 50 Blackfriars Street Edinburgh EH1 1NE
Phone: 0131 524 1989
Links: Click Here for venue details, Click here for map
Ticket Prices: Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50  
Room: Upstairs
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 16:00 (60 min)
 
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A transatlantic middle-aged Jewish atheist divorcee walks into a bar... Forced to choose between a show about identity and one about her dead dad, Leslie chose both. In her debut stand-up hour, Gold (as seen at the Comedy Store) delivers batshit family drama, bold storytelling, one or more really good rants.
'Savvy comedy chops' (EdFringeReview.com)
'An assured performer with charm, charisma and very relatable' (Esther Manito)
'Massive laughs in a small package. One of my faves!' (Jordan Gray)

* Relaxed performances on Mondays: Aug 5, 12, 19


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August 28, 2024  Jewish Renaissance
A fun debut show from the American expat comic
Hailing from New Jersey, Jewish comedian Leslie Gold now resides in the UK. In fact, she’s been here so long that when she first moved, “YouTube didn’t exist, Jimmy Saville was still a national treasure and everyone thought George W Bush was going to be the dumbest US president”. This snappy observational wit is the kind you can expect in Chip off the Gold Block – her debut show. “I read that half of comedians do their first show on identity and the other half on dead dads,” she explains. “Well, I have a dead dad too, so I’m doing both.” If you can’t tell already, this is a set about Gold’s life, heritage and family, who apparently “put the FU in dysfunctional”.

Commanding a modest upstairs room at Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe, Gold’s delivery is as bold and warm as her aesthetic. Her hair is dyed purple and silver, and her shirt is a busy paisley print. She delivers her punchlines adeptly entwined in stories about everything from US politics to weird UK place names, nature versus nurture and uncircumcised penises. Plus, of course, her “lovely dead dad”. It’s a warm, inviting and affable show, with a smattering of dick jokes (and DBDs – dick-based decisions), relatable family neuroses and, ultimately, a lot of fun. Click Here

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