Moshing out to emo music in a school girl outfit, no one could expect what the next hour of comedy with Titi Lee might entail. As they reflect on their life until their Edinburgh Fringe debut, Lee evokes moments from their childhood, adolescence and adulthood to piece together their identity. 

While some of the jokes are not necessarily the most inventive or goosebump-rising funny, Lee has an infectious energy that infuses their storytelling with verve and likability. For Lee, comedy seems to be a means to reckoning with their queer identity in a relatively conservative household. It’s exactly the right medium for Lee, who also brings in music, dance, and drag.

In the eleventh hour of ‘Good Girl Gone Baddie,’ Lee dives into how their gender identity relates to their younger brother’s death by suicide. While dealing with their grief, Lee created a drag character inspired by their brother, only finally relating the two onstage in this show. They end the show with a performance as their brother, both a funny and poignant few minutes well worth the hour leading up to it.

As we witness Lee’s onstage transformation from trying to be the ideal ‘good girl’ into a ‘baddie’ who’s confident in themself, their body and their chosen path as a comedian, we can’t help but fall in love with and root for them. A worthy Edinburgh Fringe debut, we can’t wait to see what Lee delivers in the future after telling this particular story.

‘Good Girl Gone Baddie‘ has finished its run