Jake Donaldson: A Matter of Perspective

Jake Donaldson was once a teenage street magician, and this year he's weaving parts of his old magic act into his Edinburgh Fringe showJake Donaldson is a comedian and writer known for his groundbreaking comedy shows, including Spectacle, which explores his visual impairment. How performing card tricks for on the streets of Newcastle as a teenager led him toward comedy — and why magic and stand-up are closer cousins than people thinkGrowing up with Victoria Wood as a comedy hero, and what it taught him about gender and powerWhy he resisted the word 'disabled' for years — and how that became Spectacle, a show all about his eyesightThe CBT motorbike test that he somehow passed despite crashing the bike mid-testConnect with Jake here:InstagramTikTokGet tickets to Jake's EdFringe show hereFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.