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The Inbetweeners’ actor gears up for her 30s with a look back at her regrets and a plea for us all to be nicer to one another
Emily Atack isn’t your regular standup. Despite selling out a cross-country tour, this is the first time that the former star of sixth-form comedy The Inbetweeners has performed a solo live show. Going from zero to 100 – mimicking blowjobs, talking frankly about her weight and recalling the time she was railroaded into doing ket – would probably frighten the life out of many a new performer. However, Atack is still riding high from her appearance on the latest series of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here, which took her from underemployment to starry parties and guest spots on breakfast TV – even if, as she says here, it didn’t get her the job she wanted on Keith Lemon’s Celebrity Juice.
Talk Thirty to Me is a more accessible version of the quarter-life crisis genre that has become de rigueur in recent years; think Fleabag with a fixation on Ariana Grande, a prosecco permanently glued to her hand, and a calendar exploding with weddings. At 29, Atack finds that her friends are giving up alcohol because of anxiety. But, she quips, surely they’d feel better after a white wine or two? As for Joe Wicks’ healthy meals, she’d rather stick his head in the microwave. The main theme here – punctuated by tales of her own mistakes and regrets – seems to be that everyone ought to loosen up a little, especially in group WhatsApp chats.
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