Pam Ann, Queen of the Sky
On the recommendation of cabin crew friends, Bev Fearis dared to join the audience at London’s Leicester Square Theatre to see the new comedy show from the outrageous Pam Ann, Queen of the Sky. There was turbulence all the way…
"Hilarious, often shocking and totally politically incorrect," says the PR blurb. "Pam Ann’s caustic wit knows no boundaries."
We had been warned, but there were still moments when the observations were so close to the bone we couldn’t quite believe she could get away with it.
Just as the PR had promised, the ‘world’s favourite International Air Hostess and Queen of the Sky’ took no hostages with her cruel wit. There were relatively harmless jokes about Emirates taking over London – ‘you watch, there’ll be camels walking down Oxford Street’ – and references to overweight easyJet cabin crew ‘the uniforms start from size 24, and are elasticated’. She even dared to make light of the threat from ISIS and the recent Malaysia Airline disasters, but it didn’t stop the laughter coming.
Pam Ann, the comic creation of Australian writer and comedian Caroline Reid, has a cult-like following, particularly in the gay community, and many of the jokes are aimed at this audience. But her show also has some hilarious insights into the airline world that will tickle those in the industry. Frequent flyers will be able to relate to her observations about passport checks and identify with some of the totally un-PC takes on the various airline in-flight crews. British Airways, American Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, Qantas – they all got a bashing. Apparently Richard Quest from CNN calls Pam Ann the Wikipedia of the travel industry. She certainly knows her stuff.
But the biggest laughs came at the expense of unsuspecting members of the audience. One poor victim of her witty abuse, a man from Trinidad and Tobago, was sitting right in front of us and I ducked to avoid being the next target. Luckily, I went unnoticed. All those picked on were compensated with a glass of champagne in the final set.
Pam Ann’s six-week run at London’s Leicester Square Theatre ends on November 7 and then the tour goes to the regions until November 29. If you’ve got a wicked side, you’ll love it.
http://pamann.com/tour/
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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