“His playful, devilish reflections on race, religion and sexuality creating a charged, lively atmosphere that would overwhelm less assured performers trying to follow him. He slyly punches up, punches down with impunity, but mostly punches low and lingers on the crime scene, his eyes sparkling at any intakes of breath that his near-the-knuckle sex reminisces provoke.” Jim Richardson, Chortle UK
We were lucky to get Scott Capurro for one night tonight to premiere his new ‘Gay Turnaround” show! Kate Willett – a rising star in the comedy world will open the evening with her unique comedic take. Tonight will definitely tread on the thin ice of controversy, but send you home with a lot to laugh about.
Not for the faint-hearted, Scott Capurro’s uncomprising take on his gay lifestyle and white trash background makes him as challenging as he is funny. A Perrier Award Winner, he recently had his first novel published “Fowl Play”, a comedy about murder and date rape, to rave reviews.
Scott was reared in Daly City, California; at age 3, he swam the English Channel. Since 1993, he’s avoided AIDS by telling unsavory jokes in every English speaking country. Scott is trusting and thus surrounded by duplicity, yet he continues challenging himself, because he’s physically challenged and emotionally unstable.
Described by San Francisco Weekly (free press, edited by lesbians and designed by trannys with large hands and hidden agendas) as “stand-up in the very best possible sense – deadpan, ever-alert and hilarious”
Scott has appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire, where, effortlessly, he played a homosexual; and Star Wars: Phantom Menace, where, breathlessly, he wore a body stocking.
“Yet accept the ferocious, corrosive material in the provocative spirit it’s intended, and it is brilliantly, shockingly funny. So far beyond the pale that the only reaction IS to laugh, partly out of discomfort, partly out of the sheer audacity of it all.” Chortle *****
“If you thought comics like Ricky Gervais pushed boundaries then nothing will prepare you for Scott Capurro. Having won the coveted Perrier award in 1994, the San Franciscan comic has gone from strength to strength while refusing to sell out, making each show more uncompromising than the last. He is, in my opinion, the bravest and funniest comedian on the circuit.” GQ Magazine August 2009
