Mackenzie Taylor: No Straightjacket Required
Reviews & Features
GetSurrey.co.uk

"Mackenzie Taylor with his first hour-long show, No
Straight jacket Required, and Paul Sinha, recently voted
as one of the top four stand-up comedians in the
country, will join the festival on Tuesday, July 28..."

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one4review

*****
"As a Story it has Everything and as a True Story Wow"

"I don’t suppose that it is easy to stand on stage and speak about yourself ain front
of a room full of strangers at anytime, but to tell the story that Taylor does as his
Fringe show must be even more difficult. To tell the story interspersed with gags,
well I am in awe..."

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ThreeWeeks

****
"Serious Comedy"

"It's powerful, amusing and intimate, so don't expect a frivolous hour of empty
laughs; this is serious comedy in the most literal of senses..."

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PinkPaper Magazine

****
"Comedy to Pathos in a Heartbeat"

"Bravely admitting in the opening moments of his new show that just last year he
attempted suicide in a Brighton comedy club, it would be a cold-hearted audience
member who didn’t feel just a bit closer to Mackenzie Taylor for the rest of the hour..."

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Chortle.co.uk

"Honesty and Charm"

"Taylor tackles the taboo with honesty and charm..."

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Fest

"Mackenzie Taylor is An Enormously Likeable Presence"

"...Mackenzie Taylor is an enormously likeable presence, all belly, beard and
sardonically witty charm and you feel utterly at ease in his hands..."

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The Scotsman

"...comedian Mackenzie Taylor's show No Straightjacket
Required, about his suicide attempt on stage..."

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The Northern Echo

"Taylor is a Polished Performer"

"...The show is a refreshingly honest look at this aspect of the human condition and
how it is treated by both medical experts and society in general..."

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The London Evening Standard

"...Mackenzie Taylor’s No Straightjacket Required
(Pleasance Dome) might sound like a Phil Collins
tribute act, but the theme here is suicide, which is not
something you come across a lot on the Fringe – even
though some sets might drive you to the edge..."

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The List

"Funny, Painful and then Funny Again"

"...This year, the likeable hairy bear’s back to tell us all about it with this blow-by-blow
account of the mental illness he’s lived with for 15 years and the almost fatal
ménage à trois that tipped him over the edge. Funny, painful and then funny again."

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The Stage

"An Excellent Hour’s Comedy"

"...All in all, this show is effective in demystifying one of society’s last taboos,
showing the role of laughter in unbinding us from some of our most painful and
traumatic experiences."

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Fest Magazine/The Skinny

Previews: Comedians doing theatre

"But it is not for mental health reasons that Taylor is
repeating the same show this year, it’s because it was
bloody brilliant; a critically acclaimed sell-out."

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ThreeWeeks - Brighton

* * * * * (Five Stars)

"...I heartily recommend..."

"...easily the best comedy performance out of all the Fringe."

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