How to Hate Yourself

I've seen Laura House perform many times and this show really shows off what a funny, courageous and charismatic performer she is. She takes you from tears to laughter in seconds, which is not easy for many comics to do. Four of us went and we all enjoyed this heartbreakingly funny show! ... full review

This is a unique and funny send up of the Self Help culture as one person learns to actually help herself. Laura is both a talented and engaging performer as well as a gifted writer and this makes for a perfect combination. ... full review

Laura House is the type of artist you become a fan of. You look up her other work, you seek out her shows, and you tell people that time with her is valuable. This solo show is a terrific dive into the echoes of the trauma that made her who she is. You just can't even imagine that such a well-rounded, empathetic, hilarious person came from that background. Somehow, she was gifted the performing gene just as strongly as the writing gene and I will compare myself to her any time I want to HATE MYSELF!... full review

Laura House's "How To Hate Yourself" is by turns touching, deep, and hilarious. She is funny down to her bones and a delight to watch. To be fair, I also got a wicked cool tote bag but it wasn't in exchange for this review. ... full review

(Full disclosure: I am an acquaintance of Laura's, but don't know her particularly well.) How to Hate Yourself is a great sendup of the super-pumped up self-help infomercials that's wrapped around a moving, courageous one-woman show. House's stand-up training serves her well in both her writing and acting, and she's clearly committed to being as unsentimental, rigorously honest, and funny, as possible. The one-woman portions of the show touch on a lot of stuff, from her challenge to find her birth mother to alcohol to guys. (As House herself cleverly notes at one point, "and with [THAT topic], you should now be close to getting one-person-show Bingo!" A background slide show is used to great comedic effect. I saw first preview; ther... full review

What starts out as a clever take on self-help turns into a heartfelt exploration of life, black holes and bingo. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll defend its honor in a bar fight. Also, there's free shit.... full review

If I wasn't laughing, I was connecting to a heartfelt moment. The show had a great balance of funny and sad but still held an overall satirical comedy show. She switched between two different characters, one of which served as great comedic relief when the story became quite sad. Laura gave a hilarious and honest performance. Definitely recommended!... full review

I expected this show to be funny - Laura House is a great writer and comic - but I was blown away by how *good* it was. It wasn't just full of laughs (though it was also that) it was also interesting, moving, well constructed and totally engaging. This is a gem of a show.... full review

Laura House presents the most well balanced one woman show I've seen. Equally touching and hilarious. Check out Laura House whenever you can! ... full review

In this fast paced world of technology and astronauts, it's good to see there's still someone out there taking the time to slow down and teach people how to hate themselves. Laura House's performance as Laura House is so striking you'll go home and scream at yourself in the mirror. I don't know what you'll say, because I won't be there - I'll probably be on an astronaut mission - but I bet it will be angry stuff, because you'll know you're not Laura House, which ultimately is the best reason to hate yourself since you failed out of astronaut camp and are now forced to lie about being an astronaut in reviews for Laura House shows. If all that's confusing, the only take away should be that this show is so goddam funny and moving and you ... full review