Comedy Review – Craig Hill: 40 – Love?

Scotland’s campest comedian turned 40 this year, and he’s out to prove that advancing years are no barrier to success – or to his dancing skills.  Indeed, when Craig Hill shimmies onto the stage to Lady Gaga, his cream kilt whirling and his sporran thrusting in a rather alarming manner – he immediately establishes that he’s in better shape than ever.  And what comes out of his mouth over the course of the show follows the same lead.

As ever, Hill is the master of audience involvement – those who have witnessed the spectacle before are wise and sit up the back, while those in the front row vary between quivering in fear and doing Craig’s own version of Donkey from Shrek, emanating “Pick me!” vibes.  He varies between not-so-gentle mocking of the audience and heart-warming stories of his newly-single lifestyle, adding in the odd laviscious wink at the young guys down the front and plenty of singing.  It seems he’s keen to parade his vocal skills just as much as his muscly legs to his new front-row conquests.

And as he skipped off at the end to thunderous applause with a wicked glint in his eye, it certainly looked like the audience was truly in love with Craig Hill.  Doubt he’ll be single for long…

Saturday 16^th Jan – MacRobert Centre, Stirling