“Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023

*** (out of 5)

Adele Cliff has several joke-writing awards to her credit, but coming into 2023, she figured she needed something bigger, bolder.

She wanted a big show, so she made a series of 2023 resolutions only to break her own arm, sort of, in January. That’s gotten her off-course. So, too, however, is her hour, which meanders off on diversions about the differences between being Cat Woman and being a cat lady, why showers remain superior to baths (even with a broken arm), and whether the wrist can truly be considered part of the arm or not. You want a big message? Not here. Then again, Cliff did promise to leave you older and dumber.

Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm runs through Aug. 27 at Just The Tonic at The Caves

Sean L. McCarthy

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