Pete Jonas: Dark Side of the Poon

Pete Jonas’ show is vaginal. He tells us at the start just in case you hadn’t gathered it from the title. Comedians have long relied on dick jokes and Jonas feels that it’s time that "the poon" got in on the action.

This could easily be extremely crass though, to Jonas’s credit, it isn’t. Well, not entirely. There are points where the whole act could seem a little childish yet Jonas pulls it back from the brink. He’s a very natural comedian and likable to boot. The more outrageous comments he makes about his ex-girlfriends are tempered by what seems to be genuine humility.

Jonas may be a brash Australian who likes to talk about twats but he manages to do it in such a way that he doesn’t seem like one. It’s telling that most of the big laughs from the crowd come from women. Material concerning clitoral stimulation and Rampant Rabbits is apparently more awkward for the men in the crowd.

Although he justifies his use of a PowerPoint presentation explaining that it is a great way of imparting boring information, these scenes do feel like they go on too long. While a slide show might be a useful crutch for someone who needs to fill time in their standup show, you get the sense that Jonas doesn’t really need to resort to this.

Nevertheless, he pulls off unsophisticated subject matter in a sophisticated way and manages to be very funny while he's about it.