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Critics often talk about comedy being relatable. Michael McIntyre and his man drawers. Micky Flanagan going out-out. We love to laugh at our universal foibles reflected back at us. Olga Koch’s show Olga Koch Comes From Money is different. It is about growing up rich. Maybe not so relatable, unless you’ve spent your youth lounging on yachts.
But in tackling a subject rarely dealt with in stand-up the Russia-born, US-educated, London-based comedian unearths a rich (excuse the pun) seam of humour. What does being affluent really mean? Can you ever shake off privilege? How does the British class system allow people to be church mouse poor yet posh?
