Having exploded on to the stand up circuit, multi award winning Alistair Williams is comedy’s next big thing. A finalist in last year’s Amused Moose Laugh Off competition with his hit show ‘Food’, he had audiences eating out of his hand and quickly made a name with his razor sharp content and high-watt charm. He now brings the follow up to last years show ‘Food’ entitled ‘Great White Male’ to this year’s Edinburgh Festival’s Just The Toni
Williams presents a brutally hilarious interrogation of the most dividing subjects of today; race and gender. Smart, passionate, impressively quick witted and bursting with infectious confidence, this is stand up that grabs your attention and Alistair is quickly solidifying his place as one of stand up’s most exciting rising stars. He has already appeared on Live from the Comedy Store for Comedy Central, is one of the core cast on hit podcast Quotas Full and is currently supporting fringe favourite Dane Baptiste on his national tour.
Although young, charismatic and handsome, Alistair is definitely not an Alpha male. There are constant comparisons made with the type of man he is and the type of man he’s supposed to be. The show examines what it was like to date his MMA fighter girlfriend and how he dealt with the reversal of traditional gender roles. He looks at dating in the modern world and how it’s changed. This show gives men the information they need to radically change their approach to romance.
He ferociously interrogates what is expected of the modern man these days. It’s now all about what you have and not who you are. When Alistair was a boy he was taught that to be great you were supposed to go to school and study hard so you could get a high paying job. Those men that strive for money and possessions above all else are now thought of as the worst element of society. What IS the right thing for a man in Alistair’s position to do?
After graduating University with a history degree, Alistair ponders how useless that has been in him getting a job. Like most young graduates he struggled to find a use for his qualification in the real world. He uses his degree to help explain why the British are so universally disliked at home and abroad and also exactly what they have to be proud of.
He also takes an in-depth look at the latest technology and how you’re not considered a real person without it. He talks about the effects of social media on all aspects of modern society especially the interactions between men and women. Is it easier to be a man or a woman in today’s social media obsessed landscape? How easy is it to build a following as a man and a woman? Does either hold the balance of power in today’s society?
