Like a zebra print-painted, gin & tonic-helmed ship in the Soho night, our comedy roast of Myra DuBois grows ever closer. It’s only A WEEK AWAY. Things are really hotting up. Apparently Theresa May’s coming as Myra. She’s bought a camp wee fascinator and everything.
We decided to sit down and have a chat, NOT with that imposter of a Prime Minister, but with Myra herself! We asked her about her experiences with roasts, of various varieties (Sunday, spit), and her thoughts on what audiences can expect from this, er…frankly rather vicious and negative evenings. Actually your probably shouldn’t come, it’ll be vile.
OH DON’T LOOK AT US LIKE THAT, WE’RE JOKING. IT’S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE and it’ll be a right laugh! Here’s Myra:
Myra! We’re roasting you! Have you ever been roasted before?
What a pointed question, some might even say loaded! I haven’t been the named subject of a Roast before, although I was the host for three of the four roasts at the RVT so I know what’s in store for me!
If you were roasting yourself, what would you say to yourself?
Are you asking me to be cruel about myself QX? Because you’re undoing hours of therapy work there if you are and I don’t think you’re ready to deal with the consequences.
We won’t ask if you like a spitroast….do you like a Sunday roast?
I LOVE a Sunday roast and it’s one of the great tragedies of my profession that I often don’t get to eat one, what with Sunday being such a popular day for cabaret shows. I’ve considered things like “rising before noon” but if I get up any earlier than 1pm I suffer from terrible migraines that doctors can do nothing about. They threw around words like “cutting”, “down” and “intake” but I’m sure they didn’t mean it.
There have been lots of iconic roasts of celebrities…Pamela Anderson, Donald Trump…if you could roast anyone, who would it be?
I think, right now, I’d quite like to have a little go at David Cameron. And we’d be a long way into the show before that pig got so much as a mention.
Have you got anything you’re scared of people dredging up from the past?
Scared? No. I lay myself bare, QX, I keep no secrets and I tell no lies. I imagine there’ll be some corkers though. The roasters are some of the people on the scene that I’ve grown the closest to and naturally that means they’re the people with whom I’ve taken the most cocaine.
What insult do you get the most from people?
I’ve no idea. Do you honestly think people would dare within earshot?
What insult do you most enjoy throwing at other people?
An insult is an artisan product. Each one is unique; handcrafted to suit the specific individual demands of a person or situation. I don’t knock out cheap, mass-produced insults. A Myra DuBois insult is an insult you can carry with you for life.
What drink do you most enjoy throwing at other people?
I wouldn’t part with it.
Give us some parting words then. What can the audience expect from a roast of Myra DuBois?
They can expect five artistes of the highest calibre, laughing and scratching and going at each other like fishwives in the reduced aisle of a supermarket.
• Myra’s Roast is at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern on Thursday 28th July. 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. Doors 7pm, show 8pm. Tickets £10.
