If you’re a bisexual-disaster-theatre-kid, stop what you’re doing, and get a ticket to Big Pants, because you’re about to have a new favourite comedian. Chelsea Heaney’s show Big Pants is about a lot of things - including-but-not-limited-to rejection dysphoria syndrome, boat puns, horny lumberjacks on TikTok, and multiple musical interjections, but it’s all tied together satisfyingly and hilariously to tell the story of losing luggage on a South Asian Contiki. It’s also a personal story that can get deep into the emotional trenches, making you question if you’re crying from laughter or deep-seated trauma (hint: it’s probably both).

Heaney is such a charming and electric presence, a true delight to watch perform. Part of the appeal is her relatability; if you are a fat or gay or anxious person, you will be called out and it will be the highlight of your night. I felt like watching a loud mirror, and I mean that in the best way. I could be pretentious and say that “comedy’s job is to shine a mirror on the world”, and in that sense Heaney is a savant, but I feel like that undermines Heaney’s biggest strength: she’s funny as f*ck.

Heaney’s flavour of stand-up is charmingly awkward and conversational, and it makes you feel like you’re having the best conversation of your life. Heaney’s comedy can also get physical at times, which were always a personal highlight, from pretending to sew a hole in the crotch with the microphone to getting real up and close with the audience for a sweetly awkward moment. But what really counts to her humour is that it feels like it’s equally for the audience and for herself: she sneaks in small puns and pastiches to musical theatre and her father’s naval history without bringing much attention to them, like sneaking in a cheeky Malteser in those Malteser ads.

This show is definitely not for everyone - I can’t imagine straight 40-year-old man without a TikTok account getting a laugh out of much more than the bad accents, but Big Pants is full of hilarity, heart, ADHD, and bisexuality, and if you’re filled with the same things, I can’t recommend Chelsea Heaney and this show more.