Best (butch) behaviour
Glaswegian comedian Susie McCabe talks to NIC CROSARA about identity and comedy
“Val McDermid, Horse McDonald, k.d. lang: these women made it ok for me to be a little tomboy butch lesbian”
Photo Andrew Jackson @cursetheseeyes
Award-winning comic Susie McCabe has provided immense laughter to audiences. She’s also given crowds an edu-gay-tion, as evidenced by her show Femme Fatality, which depicted what it was like being a child of the Section 28 generation. And now she’s back with a brand new show, Best Behaviour, inspired by the life-changing year she’s just had. After having a heart attack last summer, Susie reflected on what had led her to this point and where she will go from here. We got a chance to speak with the comic in the lead-up to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.