Review: Milo Edwards at Cambridge Junction

Stand-up comedian and Cambridge graduate Milo Edwards brought his latest show, How Revolting! Sorry to Offend – “a show about class, Britain, common decency and other revolting things that are best not talked about” – to the Cambridge Junction’s J3 on Sunday, 21 September.

Milo, a graduate of Peterhouse (where he studied classics), began by explaining that he’s not really as posh as he sounds and that he actually comes from Essex.

He talked about his background and members of his family and explained where the title of this latest comedy hour came from – I don’t want to give too much away, but it’s to do with an aunt and a WhatsApp group.

Milo also reflected on his time at Cambridge, in an entertaining way, and offered up further amusing thoughts and anecdotes on being British, the British class system, and modern society.

He also compared this show with his previous – very different, in terms of subject matter – offering, Sentimental.

Most of the comedians I tend to go and see are in their mid-40s or older, so it was nice to see a younger performer for a change (Milo is only 32), and that meant that the audience seemed considerably younger than normal too.

It also meant that I didn’t get all the jokes and I felt that some of them were just a bit too ‘clever’ for me. I have simpler tastes when it comes to comedy.

And, while Milo’s observations on the Royal Family and Millwall FC, for example, were very funny, I didn’t really like it when he started to get political.

That said, overall it was a pretty funny and cleverly-written show, despite the comedy not having quite as much of an ‘edge’ as I thought it would.

For more on Milo Edwards, go to miloedwards.co.uk.