My first visit to the newly refurbished City Varieties in Leeds was also my first there ever. It's a small theatre, oddly long, but just right for a stand up comedy show, which is precisely why we were there, for a couple of hours in the company of Ed Byrne.
brilliant...
It's not just the fact he's Irish and mates with Dara O'Briain that made Byrne remind me of the Mock the Week host, it's also the way both come across as intelligent and geeky alongside the big belly laughs. I really enjoyed the fact that Byrne isn't offensive, but neither is he bland, he's got something to say about religion and obesity, yet he articulates his points in such a way as not to be mean spirited, and with no concomitant affect on the comedy. I laughed all the way through - the audience participation bits were particularly funny and let Byrne show his skills as an improviser. A thoroughly enjoyable evening.
briefly...
Intelligent, occasionally extremely geeky observational comedy delivered with aplomb.
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