Temi Wilkey: Lover Girl review – wildly intimate comedy goes to infinity and beyond

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBoth outrageous and tender, this stellar follow-up to Main Character Energy gives new meaning to body language Temi Wilkey serenades us, asks if we fancy her and wonders if the love of her life could be here right now. The G spot? Call it the T spot, says Temi, before popping the question: “Do you want to come inside my Infinity Pussy?” It’s seductive stuff and, naturally, the room agrees to take things to the next level. Cue a conversation between Wilkey and, with a soundscape to make you blush and a quick change into a ruffled reddish peignoir, her forthright vagina. This sets up a spiky duologue initially akin to how Elouise Eftos, also juggling roles, is emboldened and mocked by the goddess of love in her equally fun fringe hour Aphrodite. Wilkey, more briefly, touches on Greek mythology too. Both shows speak from the heart – directly, in Wilkey’s case, as she gently cradles herself to act out the role of that organ, not blithely pumping away but aching and in need of healing. Is it character comedy if you’re portraying your own nether regions? For Wilkey that’s not (just) a route to rude laughs but a bid to understand how she fits to