Laura Levites, The Gilded Balloon, 31 July to 26 August (except 13) 2:45pm, £9/8 (£8/7 concessions)
Laura drags herself back to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her new show Selfhelpless. The only baggage she’s brought is emotional. She can’t afford anything else. Laura was looking for happiness, and some nice shoes. Shoes she got, happiness had other plans. Laura has spent the last year in a tailspin. People refer to hitting rock bottom, but Laura keeps descending. How do you get yourself out of black hole? Yes, we all know that Americans love miracle cures, but who wouldn’t? Pills, punks, prescriptions, disorder descriptions, second hand Dr. Martens and top rated doctors, she is trying them all on. Laura humorously takes you on her journey as she tries to figure out, if the pursuit of anything really is possible. An Ode to Joylessness.
Laura Levites is a professional stand-up comedian from New York City. Her last show American Girlfriend received numerous 4 and 5 star reviews, and has led to a book of the same name. She has toured with Lisa Lampanelli, and was featured in Comedy Central’s television show Meet the Creeps. Laura doesn’t tell jokes. Her life is the joke. Laura’s performances are brutally honest, biting, REAL. She embodies what great stand up should be: she’s capricious, clever and socially relevant.
