Dear Billy – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Why is Gary McNair’s ode to master comedian, Billy Connoly, Dear Billy, excellent?
It is the authentic voice of Scotland.
It has perfect comic timing.
Every man and woman portayed is distinct in characterisation.
The words are all true - not a single piece of fiction.
The idea is brilliantly simple while the execution looks simple, but is, in fact, brilliantly compiled, composed and performed - not simple at all.
He makes it funny.
I take my hat off to you, Mr McNair, and your team of story-gatherers. This is a fabulously funny, tender, and varied piece of theatre which had me in stitches, and I’m not a die-hard Billy Connolly fan, like some of the audience in this full-house.
It is the breadth of commentary/recollections that makes this piece sparkle - stories of...
