Miranda Hart - Throbs!

Top Five Comedy Choice in The Times

Reviews from The Pleasance, Edinburgh, run:
“I hit on a genuinely funny show called Miranda Hart-Throbs. It is a sketch of the desparate last-minute rehearsals for a show in which the understudy is to take the lead because the principal is drunk. ‘This,’ I thought, ‘is my discovery. I shall hurry home and tell my son of this brilliant unknown comedienne.’ Then I discovered the comedienne is called Miranda Hart, and everyone knows about her except me, as she was in the television show Smack The Pony.” Edward Enfield, Daily Mail

“Funny and well-written… Hart triumphs in some style.” Sunday Times

“In a word: galumphing. Miranda Hart now tops my list of fantasy sleep-over guests, and had me praying that every middle-class woman with an Alice Band was this hysterical. This is a drop-dead silly hour of entertainment that has no pretensions other than being a ramshackle, conspire-with-the-audience mess. Each laugh was prolonged, often coming in a second and third wave, egged on by Miranda’s magnificent gawkiness and even more magnificent breasts. Her supporting cast were fine send-ups of Fringe staples (particularly the incompetent Northern work-experience lighting girl) and every pun and concept was a cheesy delight. It’s all been seen before, but it’s delirious fun to revel in such non-postmodern treats as comedy glasses and ‘audience plants’. This is a big and sweaty triumph. Go go go! *****” Three Weeks

“Hart has a posh, ditzy charm and is at her best when improvising and feeding off the audience.” The Scotsman

“One of the top six comediennes at the Edinburgh Festival 2002.” Daily Telegraph