Being at Jessica Fostekew’s Iconic Breath is one of the only times you’ll be proud to be called a ‘wanker’ and or a ‘bastard’—wherever you land on the spectrum between the two, puts you among the ranks of ‘her people’.
She runs a lovely, tight 60-minute set; Beginning at 7:15pm, she boasts that you’ll be able to catch one of her shows and be in bed before 10pm! A welcome rarity in the world of live entertainment found in London.
You’re allowed to relax as she carries you through her delightfully funny takes on the facets of life from her perspective. Despite her more unique experiences as a powerlifter, you most definitely find yourself at home in her comedy. Spanning from the mundane yet often annoying life of living in London to experiences as a mother of a young boy in a world of evil male leaders, she speaks to ideas that make you relieved to know you’re not the only one thinking about them.
In the current state of the world, you often find yourself trying to see the good in the bad and act mindfully and impartially. Jessica Fostekew speaks to that while creating a safe space where you don’t need to beat yourself up when it’s hard to feel any other way than bad—and she doesn’t do it by just dancing around it with jokes about the airport. She says the quiet part out loud, and you’re able to relax a little bit more because she said it.
Runs until 25 October 2025