DVD Review: Nina Conti – Dolly Mixtures Live

Superb Ventriloquist Nina Conti presents her live show Dolly Mixtures on DVD, filmed in Leeds. The hilarious comedy show is a laugh-a-second and cheered me up no end. It’s part scripted and part improv, with Nina making herself the butt of many of her own jokes.

Nina starts the show with her long-standing puppet Monkey. Monkey presents a lateral thinking puzzle:
A crowd is covered in strange lumps of foam, on the floor empty suitcases, an old mans clothes and a paint brush. What happened?

• Nina’s Daughter and Inner Child who sings ‘My Face Hurts When I Play Guitar.’
• Killer the Camp Dog who tells his story of how he raided Claire’s Accessories during the riots.
• Stefan the Builder who is a step-in puppet that requires some audience participation.
• Granny the Clairvoyant who shows off her clairvoyance.
• The Human Puppets with Talking Mouths, which leads to more audience participation.
• Granddad John the Painter who leads to a bizarre but extremely funny show’s ending.

Throughout the show, there’s plenty of good natured audience participation with the themes being: good fun & humour.

Nina is fantastically funny and by the end of the show my sides hurt because I’d laughed so much. The show ends by showing the lateral thinking puzzle, that even God couldn’t solve! LOL.