REVIEWS FROM BRIGHTON ON THE INSIDE BY YASIR HAREED

REVIEWS FROM KAT MASTERSON THEATRE AND TRAVEL

Involuntary Momslaughter began with a powerful preview performance at the Comedy Cafe Berlin in November 2022. It later moved to a work-in-progress run at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, before it began sold-out preview performances at the Theater Alte Brücke in Frankfurt, Germany. With a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2023, the show was longlisted for the prestigious BBC Writersroom/Popcorn Group Writing Award, as well as received widespread positive critical reception.

Despite its dark subject matter, Involuntary Momslaughter is surprisingly uplifting, blending pathos with well-crafted punchlines. It unapologetically challenges the assumption that all women are nurturing or nice, eliciting laughs and gasps in equal measure. Born in Panama, raised in Florida and escaped to Germany, Abigail takes audiences on a jaw-dropping journey of a true story that engages the crowd in laughter and learning, creatively communicating the themes of resilience and self-empowerment.

Abigail Paul, a “transformative talent” who “lights up the stage” (★★★★★, Theatre Weekly), dives into her sophomore solo show Miss Communication, after her lauded debut Involuntary Momslaughter at Edinburgh Fringe 23.

Coined ‘Blabby Abby’ as a child for her gift of the gab, she uncovers why she traded swampy Florida for her belovedly blunt Germany. She has a knack for saying the quiet part out loud. (Her friends don’t always like it, but audiences certainly do).

In her second comedy hour, she gives her signature snark and sparkle – ‘snarkle’ ©Trademark Abigail – about her hatred of niceties like tipping and greeting cards, while championing her childfreedom and refusal to accept social norms. With critical and audience reception at Brighton Fringe in May 2024 skyhigh, the sister standup show to Involuntary Momslaughter is to multiple heading to European cities in summer of 2024.