Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Published December 30, 2023
Film info
- Title Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
- Directors Ed Bye, Michael Grandage
- Year 2023
- Run time 1hr 13m
- Genre Comedy
- Tagline The Queen of British comedy returns with a one-woman show
Live (almost) from London’s iconic Palladium theatre, one of the nation’s favourite comedy stars, Dawn French, is about to reveal (almost) all the most excruciating gaffes and howlers she’s made across her 40-year career as a comedian and actress. Dawn likes a laugh, and she likes it best of all when the laugh is on her. Her new one-woman show is more than just stand-up. This is the ultimate ‘Oh my God! You’ll never guess what Dawn did!’ show, as everyone’s favourite fictional lady vicar takes us through her career in comedy while laying bare imperfections through massive landmarks of her life.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:21 | It’s one of those awkward names that sometimes has to be asterisked and sometimes doesn’t. |
| 2:22 | “…lure boys onto my rocks.” |
| 5:50 | Pencil trolls! |
| 12:43 | “I don’t know, I don’t care, I just want to be in it.” |
| 14:35 | Love the idea of a pity play. |
| 15:28 | “The first Mr French was there.” |
| 24:25 | You would be so confused if Dawn French took a bow for a play she wasn’t in. |
| 31:53 | Mmmm, Pop Tarts for breakfast. |
| 39:11 | “We have a bit of frothy banter to relax us.” |
| 48:20 | If you’re unrecognisable, you’ve taken fancy dress too far. |
| 49:47 | “Colossal twatshambles!” |
| 58:42 | Lulu bleeding, first aider faints. |
| 1:05:58 | I feel like that didn’t need to be a real hippo. |
Thoughts
I continue to be obsessed with Dawn French and after reading the accompanying book to this live one-woman stage show from the comedian, I was super glad to see it appear for free on BBC iPlayer. After finishing up with festive content for the year, it’s always good to laugh it all away into the next year and this show is the best way to do it.
Pulling no punches and perfectly happy to air embarrassing moments from the past and probably nearer the present than she’d like, I really love a good story told well with a hilarious ending, and that covers pretty much all this show. Top notch.
Rating: 5 / 5
