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Stage Whispers
Review by Mark Wickett |
06 March 2024
Ebsworth offers a prologue on how this isn’t going to be a laugh-out-loud show that pokes fun at the Unification Church cult, but as his quick-witted storytelling unfolds with history, hard-hitting emotion, and comedy, I can’t think that anyone would be upset, even if they wanted wall to wall chuckling.
There are plenty of laughs – some are the uncomfortable kind, others are a genuine reaction to surprising throwaway lines and edgy jokes. There’s enough ordinary life in his tale to make it relatable, despite the strangeness that pervades key moments, like birthdays. Ebsworth is a genuine storyteller: charismatic, humble, and authentic – he could probably start his own cult and build a good following in no time.