Daniel McKeon’s Boyboss was a brilliantly funny instruction manual on how to be just that… a boyboss!
Forget self-help books and life coaches who claim to change your life; in Boyboss, McKeon takes the audience step by step through the process needed to become your best (or something like that) self. He is clear that “boyboss” is a gender-neutral term — a state of mind. This concept works successfully as a gateway into comedy for McKeon, as well as, of course, being educational about boybosses. Learning how to fail upwards and land on your feet has never been easier!
McKeon’s humour lands on the right side of self-deprecating (more humble, never self-loathing), and his slightly awkward, but nonetheless charming, delivery makes him a delight to watch. From being unemployed alongside his dad (to smoke weed or not to smoke weed?), to a long-distance Tumblr relationship, to using the toilet like Spiderman (and impressively not falling off the bar stool), McKeon’s debut comedy show flows exceptionally well, and his humour is incredibly endearing.
Well-written, playful, and just great fun, McKeon promises to leave “no humiliating stone unturned”, and he does just that. His stories are relatable and comic in equal measure, and the audience was kept laughing the whole way through — except for one man who, when asked if he would smoke weed with his dad, replied that his dad had actually died recently. It added to the boyboss of it all.
Boyboss is a fantastically promising Fringe debut from McKeon, and he is undoubtedly one to watch. If you only go for one reason, though, go to see McKeon’s old headshots at the end of the show. It will be worth it.
Boyboss is running until 24 August (not 12) at 88 Just The Wee One at Just The Tonic at The Caves.
Buy tickets here.
Image courtesy of Ireland Wagner, provided to The Student as press material.