Settle Down from Jack Whitehall is safe stuff from a comedian who knows how to please his loyal fans – but perhaps not the rest of us 🖊️ ohrhealy
The show promises an exploration of his newfound maturity – he’s in a long-term relationship, has bought a dog, and is now expecting his first child. His days of drinking, drugs and one-night stands are over. “This show feels like a pivotal moment for me,” he tells us.
The show’s meat is observational bits and big act-outs. Whitehall’s vast experience as a comic actor is on show, as he fills the stage with exaggerated gestures and emotions, but he’s at his most compelling when he teases emotional depth. Observations about his love of segue into an admission: “I think I drink as a crutch”. His routine about off-stage shyness, his destructive inner monologue and how boarding school shaped him feels like the most honest of the night.Parts of the set feel like flashbacks to standup from 15 years ago. There’s a steadily laddish tone, with dick jokes a-plenty, lots of anal references, punchlines about Whitehall’s campness and yet more on British drinking culture. Sambuca, he tells us, “tastes like Bertie Bassett’s ball sack”.
We hear about his girlfriend, Roxy – “the missus” – but this surface-level material means she blends into a crowd of semi-fictional comedians’ girlfriends through time, who love true crime and cute animals, want an alpha man, and ask annoying questions while watching TV. There’s a reliance on predictable observations, with bits about “I’m not a robot” verification tests, dining alone and stupid Americans.
There are some tone shifts. Whitehall makes a lively dig at Boris Johnson and, later, a routine about right-wing prejudice offers a decent bit about
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