★★★★★

“Each joke and lyric feels thoughtfully crafted, inclusive, and purposefully provocative”

Jordan Gray delivers a magnetic and fearless performance in her latest show, Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Here to Kill Me?, a chaotic, camp, and compelling hour that blends stand-up, music, and subversive cabaret.

The BAFTA-winning comedian commands the stage with confidence, humour, and a punk-rock irreverence that’s both disarming and deeply engaging. Armed with a guitar, a keyboard, and the surprise presence of her wife, Gray crafts a bold, unapologetically queer narrative that’s as heartfelt as it is hilarious.

From the moment she strides on stage, Jordan seizes the room, her wit razor-sharp, her physicality dynamic, and her transgender identity proudly front and centre. What could be a punchline for others becomes her powerful, self-authored opening act.

Her original songs, clever, catchy, and often wickedly funny, are woven seamlessly between monologues and improvisation, allowing the audience to connect with her personal journey. Each joke and lyric feels thoughtfully crafted, inclusive, and purposefully provocative.

Jordan Gray is a true polymath: comedian, musician, storyteller, and provocateur. In a cultural moment still negotiating inclusion and visibility, she doesn’t just ask for space, she takes it, owns it, and fills it with joy, defiance, and glitter.

If there’s one complaint, it’s that the show could be a little longer – the audience clearly didn’t want it to end.

MAKE ME LOOK FIT ON THE POSTER

Soho Theatre

★★★★

“She’s the kind of person you want to hang out with. Someone you might meet in a club bathroom on a night out and follow around, desperate to be her friend”

Watching Amy Gledhill is like stepping into a warm bath. This show won the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 Best Show award and it’s no wonder. She is so in control and comfortable on stage that the audience can just let the waves of comedy wash over them. She’s a pro in action.

Gledhill walks out and shimmies, then sultrily asks the audience if they’d like to go to bed with her. The moment instantly turns ridiculous as she hands out knickers for the audience to throw at her in enthusiastic passion.

She balances natural charm with self-deprecating honesty, which make us instantly warm to her. She’s the kind of person you want to hang out with. Someone you might meet in a club bathroom on a night out and follow around, desperate to be her friend.

She welcomes the audience into her life, without shame. Well, almost without shame. There’s a moment where she tells a particularly blue anecdote and hides behind the stage curtain so we can’t look at her as she tells it. Of course, that makes everyone like her more.

Her quips, observations and wordplay are masterful but it’s her physical comedy which really has the audience in stitches. Whether that’s the humiliation of a Go Ape harness, how she’d look with a bumhole for a mouth, her jaunty pre-sex ritual, or the struggles of standing up on the top deck of a bus, she nails each one with gusto.

She is unafraid to poke fun at situations she finds herself in, but is never cruel to herself. Her impression of an internet troll who attacked her physical appearance is strangely empathetic, and with that, hilarious.

The show is not without some serious emotional punch. It’s an exploration of confidence and self-esteem and a couple of her revelations are heart breaking.

But no moment is in there without purpose. After a national tour and run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the show is a well-oiled machine. Each passing aside comes back around, nothing is unnecessary. The show, as well as being very funny, is an artfully constructed piece of work.

JORDAN GRAY: IS THAT A C*CK IN YOUR POCKET, OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO KILL ME?

Soho Theatre

★★★★★

“Each joke and lyric feels thoughtfully crafted, inclusive, and purposefully provocative”

JORDAN GRAY: IS THAT A C*CK IN YOUR POCKET, OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO KILL ME?

Soho Theatre

Reviewed on 21st May 2025

by Beatrice Morandi

Photography by Paul Gilbey

After its run at the Soho Theatre, the show will then be at Edinburgh Festival Fringe throughout August

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MAKE ME LOOK FIT ON THE POSTER

Soho Theatre

★★★★

“She’s the kind of person you want to hang out with. Someone you might meet in a club bathroom on a night out and follow around, desperate to be her friend”