Comedy
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Marga Gomez – All That Gomez
Zoo Southside

One of America’s first openly gay comedians, Gomez is a beautiful and brash quick-fire comic of Puerto Rican heritage, living in San Francisco.

Her set consists of performing some terrific, intelligent, and occasionally quite rude stand-up routines, and enacting excerpts from some rather funny monologues.  She’s great with an audience, and succeeds in balancing her innate bullishness with a lovability which makes her impossible not to like.

The whole thing builds rather nicely to the final sketch, where she re-enacts a scene in Sphere – a Hollywood movie in which she had a bit part alongside Queen Latifah.

Gomez deserves more bums on seats.  Whilst the Zoo Southside suits theatre and dance, she isn’t performing in a comedy venue and ticket sales have clearly suffered.  Such a talent should be primetime at The Stand Comedy Club or The Pleasance.  On the other hand, you really should catch her at The Zoo right away, because you may well be struggling to get a ticket next year.

MW