Abby Howells - Welcome To My Dream

Abby Howells’ show begins with a song choice that’s as eccentric as she is: Tiny Tims’ ‘Welcome to My Dream’. Yes, the song shares its name with Howells’ show, but as she herself acknowledges, sombre falsetto and twinkling ukulele are an unusual combination to start comedy show with. Yet, the tune sets the scene perfectly for the hour of idiosyncratic whimsy that’s about to unfold. 

Welcome to My Dream follows Howells through a surprising number of personal controversies and feuds – from the catastrophic breakdown of her improv troupe to her miscasting as a mere chorus member in an amateur theatre production of Grease. Howells invites you to laugh along with her as she expresses her genuine sense of injustice at the world around her.

Throughout the show, Howells crafts an impressive network of callbacks. Rather than having them all come home to roost in one stacked denouement, she spaces them out across the show, allowing each of them to have their own well-deserved moment in the sun. It makes for an incredibly consistent show that had the crowd exhausted from laughter by its end.