Lawrence Dodd: This Can't Be It

A semi-improvised stand-up and comedy show by Lawrence Dodd at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds, blending performance art and contemporary clowning with questions about uncertainty and mystery.

This Can't Be It is a stand-up and comedy show by Lawrence Dodd. It is semi-improvised, so the material shifts from one staging to the next, and it combines performance art with contemporary clowning. The show takes place at Hyde Park Book Club, which hosts concerts and shows in Leeds.

The premise follows a performer who, while trying to make sense of everything, discovers that he knows nothing. As things seem to fall apart, he turns to what remains: himself, a room, and the other people in it. The piece is an open-hearted exploration of how we stay receptive to mystery and to one another when circumstances feel uncertain or are collapsing.

Reviews quoted alongside the show describe it as nuanced character comedy and praise the stage presence of its performer, with one comparing it to the work of Jim Carrey and Robin Williams. Dan Jones, also quoted, likened watching it to seeing an existential crisis unfold quietly in front of him.