The first time I saw Katherine Ryan was on a panel show, I have to admit I wasn’t a huge fan. Since then I went to a Gigs and Shiggles event were she was headlining, the sole reason I went was to see Louisa Omielan, star of What Would Beyonce Do? (now my mantra), who I had seen perform her sassy proclamations and gone a bit ‘fan girl’ for. Louisa was ofcourse hilarious, what else would you expect, so for me my night had peaked. That was until Katherine took the mic. Her opening chat about a growing up in rural Canada and her first experience with the local flasher was funny. The life changing moment she found images of a ‘glamour models’ torso on her boyfriends phone, was hilarious and insightful, advising that you need to nip cheating in the bud, ‘if you find mice poo in your cereal do you have a problem with mice poo or mice? You need to get rid of the mouse, it will do it again. Finally the anecdotes of bringing up her English Rose daughter in Nappy Valley, aka Crouch End were priceless. One hour performance was all it took, I was hooked. After going on and on to my sister about how awesome she was and that she ‘just had to see her’ we went earlier this month to a giant inflatable bowler hat, in the middle of the City to see her, Miss Ryan did not disappoint injecting witty bites of current affairs in to her set, confused as to why we still haven’t located the missing Malaysian Airlines flight, but being able to track every move of Joey Essex. Her views on today are both sharp and quick... So if your up in bonny Edinburgh for the Fringe next month or see a giant bowler hat arena stop by, don’t be fooled by those overly edited panel shows. First impressions are not always right, Katherine Ryan is not one to miss.
