About this Event
ADHD COMIC TURNS CHAOS INTO ORDER - AND LAUGHS - THROUGH RADICAL SELF ACCEPTANCE & FLIP CHARTS.
YES, FLIP CHARTS.
“LADY ADHD” comes from the ADHD brain of comedian, quirky genius and overall rather loud person, Blaire Postman. Postman combines her uproarious signature flip chart stand-up comedy pieces with running commentary about her life with long-undiagnosed ADHD, and the lessons learned where the two intersect.
LADY ADHD is an unexpected, high-energy, and sometimes intense, tour inside the comic’s brain, including a deeper look at the unusual patterns and connections she sees in ordinary things that go unnoticed by most people, and how that ability can make everyday items and experiences entertaining, fun and, occasionally, even revelatory - if sometimes chaotic.
As one reviewer noted: “Imagine if all the open tabs on your computer from a weekend of spiraling down Wikipedia rabbit holes were then woven into a cogent and brutally funny theory about the brain, art, aging, Americana and The Self.”
Saturday November 20th at 8pm
CSz Richmond Theater, Home of ComedySportz
8906 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA, 23294
Tickets at www.improbablecomedy.com
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Blaire Postman is known for her explosive, fast paced delivery and comedy that often spans unusual topics. Since starting stand-up in 2013 in Wilmington, NC, she’s been featured by PBS’s NewsHour, and appeared in the most prestigious comedy festivals in the United States, including SF Sketchfest, Limestone Comedy Festival and Asheville Comedy Festival. Though now based in Washington, D.C., Blaire performs at large, nationally known comedy clubs & theaters - as well as at smaller, cool-kid, indy comedy rooms - from New York and Washington, DC, to Austin and Minneapolis, to LA to Boise, and every corner of the country in between.
Last year gave Postman the time and space to envision the solo show, when her hectic pre-pandemic nationwide travel and performance schedule came to an abrupt stop with the Covid 19 crisis. She notes that, though flip charts might seem “weird” to some bookers and other comics, they are audience favorites. She believes that’s in part “because those bits are some of the most fun for me to perform. And if I’m having fun, I promise that the audience is having fun, too. What can I say? I have an adorably infectious type of enthusiasm for weird yet amazing stories and unexpected connections.”
The flip charts also serve a practical purpose in her comedy, as Postman notes near the top of the show. They’re a way of channeling her ability to see hidden connections, dynamics and unintended consequences, into an orderly format that’s easy for an audience to follow. “I go down a rabbit hole, look at a million different possible connections, and analyze the threads that are fun and interesting. Then I come back up and put it into this nice, straight-lined, self-sufficient art form - a flip chart - so that folks can more easily follow the patterns and ironies that I see.” Though she has plenty of “non flip chart” stand-up material, the “flip bits” are important enough that they have their own special suitcase for traveling.
MORE INFORMATION
More information & videos about “Struggling Chartist” or Blaire Postman, go to www.ADHDComedy.com
For tickets: www.improbablecomedy.com
While in no way a substitute for seeing a medical professional, for more information on ADHD symptoms, misconceptions, diagnosis, treatments and more science based and medically reviewed articles and resources, written in a format and language easily accessible to the lay-person, see www.ADDitudeMag.com
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CSz Richmond Theater home of ComedySportz, 8906 West Broad Street, Richmond, United States
USD 14.00 to USD 16.00
