Review: Ange Lavoipierre

A smart and entertaining take on millennial angst from a promising new voice

★★★
comedy review (adelaide) | Read in About 1 minute
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Ange Lavoipierre
Published 18 Feb 2019

Ange Lavoipierre is many things to many people, and it terrifies her. What if the truth comes out? What if Ange’s family ever met ‘friend Ange’ and found out about all that MDMA? 

Lavoipierre brings a smart take to millennial angst in Final Form using the academic principle of context collapse to underly the show. The collapse is seemingly only a matter of time. Weddings are fraught, her Facebook account knows more than it should, but the true nightmare will be her funeral where the truth will ultimately be revealed, and Lavoipierre wants to make peace with the important people in her life while she can.  

She is at her strongest when talking directly to the audience. Her standup, incorporating visual elements through her self-confessed TED Talk, are all well written and delivered. However the musical additions and audience interaction don’t hit the mark and show an inexperience in direction, which will only improve in time. 

Final Form is a smart and entertaining show from a promising new voice. Lavoipierre needs to have faith that ‘standup Ange’ can be all that she promises.