Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble review – a candid, funny hour on obsessive overthinking
The Irish standup's Soho theatre show digs into her OCD and self-doubt with humour that the Guardian calls captivating.
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Catherine Bohart's new standup show, Borrowing Trouble, running at Soho theatre in London, explores the Irish comedian's experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder and her own self-criticism, according to a review in the Guardian.
The show is the latest instalment in Bohart's ongoing comic examination of her personal life, the review notes, this time delving into her OCD and what it describes as her dismay at her own foibles.
The review acknowledges a broader tension in comedy built around mental health material, citing Bohart's own observation that people talking about their mental health is boring — a line the review uses to frame the challenge facing any comedian working in this territory, including the fatigue that can set in even for the performer herself.
Despite that risk, the Guardian's review credits Borrowing Trouble's success to its humour, describing it as rich and hard-won, and points to Bohart's established comic candour as central to making the show work.
The review positions the hour as a continuation of Bohart's reputation for frank, personal standup material delivered with wit rather than self-pity.
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- Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble review – obsessive compulsion to overshare is captivatingly funny — The Guardian — Culture
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