This is Ed’s second tour of this particular show, but he is still selling out theatres across the country and it is easy to see why- he tells hilarious life stories, which he freely admits to making up, but this reality does not break down the humour, Ed Byrne is at ease on stage and his inoffensive jokes make it easy for anyone to warm to him. This was shown by the variety of people he had in the audience, there was a mixture of teenagers, middle aged and even pensioners. The main concept of the show is of class, and Ed not being able to understand which class he fits in to. But throughout the show there are other recurring ideas, such as how people always come up with a great come-back when the argument was at least a week ago. Ed had the whole audience laughing, and even audience interaction when he called a man a ‘slimy prick’ for getting out of going to a wedding fair was light-hearted and the man laughed along. This brings up the final topic of the show, Ed’s ridicule of the wedding industry, which would inevitably be in the show due to his marriage eight months ago, and his complaints about the cost of the wedding industry. The fluency and timing of the jokes was perfect and it was a fantastic 1 hour 45 minute set from the comedian.
Ed’s funny anecdotes and musings on everything from goths and emos to women’s rights and his own poor dvd sales show his fantastic wit. Ed Byrne is back and better than ever and has mass appeal as established from a conversation overheard from one of the audience on the way out, ‘I told you you’d enjoy it’, no-one could fail to enjoy Ed Byrne!
*****
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