Eddie Izzard Essentials

Eddie Izzard's quicksilver routines have the anarchy of improvisation and the tight focus of scripted comedy. His mind follows its own curiosity, making wild logical leaps out of politics and common experiences (“Empire,” “Being Cool”) or riffing on a wild historical tangent (“Italians and Fascists”) in a voice always slightly on the edge of giggling. He particularly enjoys introducing a note of domestic detail to well-known stories (“The Death Star Canteen,” “James Bond”), or finding warm, witty ways to explain the unique aspects of his own life (“Transvestites,” “Shoplifting”).