Optur is Simon Talbot’s fifth one-man show. The show tackles both life’s highs and lows, with Simon searching for optimism even when the world feels chaotic.
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Simon Talbot spent the past year living in Los Angeles, chasing an American breakthrough. The experience taught him a great deal about Americans, politics and comedy. He now brings those experiences home to “Make Denmark Great Again”.
A year and a half earlier, Simon felt stuck in a comfortable routine despite enjoying success on stage and television. Instead of settling for success at home, he shook things up and moved to the US to pursue the American Dream.
The result is a stand-up show about the funny contrasts between Danes and Americans—and Simon’s attempt to challenge Denmark’s culture of modesty once and for all.
It is time for self-examination. Simon Talbot tours Denmark and takes a hard look at himself in his third one-man show, “Mr. Copenhagen”.
Have you become too fancy? Simon’s older brother asked him that after catching him reading a book during a family visit in rural Jutland. It made Simon—who still thought of himself as thoroughly Jutlandic—look inward. He may still pronounce Danish words in a broad Jutland accent, but he also spends time in cafés talking about feelings with his friends.
With “Talle Alene i Verden”, Simon Talbot firmly establishes himself as one of the leading comedians of his generation. The show offers an honest and wildly funny look at the person behind the comedian—from his upbringing between a deeply religious mother and a rock-and-roll father to the man behind the stage persona.
Like most people, he must deal with break-ups, low self-esteem, the need for recognition and friends’ seemingly perfect lives on Facebook. Simon turns even the more vulnerable subjects into comedy with his childlike enthusiasm, energetic performance style and self-deprecating distance.
Simon Talbot needs little introduction. Television appearances and the charity show “Comedy Aid 2010” made him one of Denmark’s best-known and most sought-after comedians—and with good reason.
In Simon Talbot’s first one-man show, his comic instincts are on full display. It is a milestone in his rapidly growing stand-up career, packed with sharp material delivered in his unmistakably offbeat, energetic and charming style.
