comedy review

This Show Won’t Save You Life (But It Will Make You Laugh)

Jill Baxter, Kevin Ball, Andy Learmonth/PBH Free Fringe

You can tell the Fringe is drawing to a close, because everyone’s starting to look knackered. So was the case here, in this stand-up show that appeared to have some funny comedians, but who just looked worn out. Kevin Ball, who was giving his last performance of the festival, and Jill Baxter, both from Dundee, had some quality material, but just seemed bored of telling it. The audience wasn’t the most responsive, which can’t have helped, but such is the way with parts of the Free Fringe. David Blair had apparently forgotten he had a show, so the performance was reduced to three acts, but luckily, just as it looked as though all was lost, up popped Andy Learmonth from Aberdeen; charismatic, witty, sharp stand-up - just what was needed.

The Mercat Bar, 2 – 23 Aug, 7.45pm (8.45pm), free, fpp 104

tw rating: 3/5

published: Sep-2008

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