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Richmond theatre, LondonPausing her political campaigning to revisit routines that made her name, Izzard seems to be enjoying herself as much as we areEveryone wants rock stars to play their greatest hits. Comedians, not so much – but that’s changing. There was a clamour for dead parrots a few years ago when Monty Python reassembled on stage, and now, in The Remix, Eddie Izzard revisits choice routines from her 35 years in standup. By doing so, she delivers her most purely enjoyable show in a decade, and certainly the one with the lightest touch.It helps that she keeps her political ambitions (she’scampaigning for selection as the Labour candidate in Brighton Pavilion) to one side – unlike in 2019’s Wunderbar, when they intruded clunkily on the show. They’re mentioned here only to explain that this might be Izzard’s last show for “10 or 15 years”, while she’s busy saving the world from rightwing populism. Here meanwhile are some well-marinated jokes about beekeepers, jazz chickens and monkeys frustratingly not sur la branche.At Richmond theatre, London, until 2 December. Then at Brighton Theatre Royal, 4-5 December. Continue reading...