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Ed Byrne Gig Review
Report by:-
Jo
Forrest.
MOCK The Week regular Ed
Byrne
took his latest stand up show, entitled:- "Outside Looking In",
out on the road entertaining audiences with 90 minutes of observational
anecdotes primarily based around his own awkwardness in situations ranging
from taking children into coffee shops to gender identity footwear, on the
12 March 2016, at the Liverpool ACC.
Despite being a regular on the live circuit, Byrne and the audience take a
little while to get warmed up as the Irish stand up recalls tales of dying
on stage, bad audiences and playing soul destroying corporate gigs while off
season. The reaction is polite at best, but as Byrne shifts into a new topic
namely his dislike of interviews, particularly those of the sports variety,
things start to pick up. From there on in, the 1st ˝
of the show revolves around his relationship experiences, but more
awkwardly, bad dates. It's not a fast paced show and his attempt to engage
the audience by asking for their experiences doesn't end well, but rather
than it leaving things a bit flat, it just adds to the natural awkwardness
of the whole subject. Handling a couple of hecklers with consummate ease,
Byrne ends the first half with tales of some his stranger sexual experiences
and all memories of the muted start to the show have disappeared.
By the time the 2nd ˝ of the show is underway and the Irish comic is
revealing his awkwardness as a 43 year old man around young, good looking
people, it's hard not to feel a little sorry for him. Byrne's excruciating
tale of discussing his diarrhoea to 2 medical students may see the show
stoop to toilet humour levels but you feel yourself wincing along with every
awkward, tense moment of this episode of his life. The show heads to a
finale with Byrne revealing his frustrations during a trip to Stanstead
Airport before more tales of his experiences as a parent of 2 young children
have the audience roaring along to the glorious, heart warming conclusion to
the routine and the show.
At times during the evening some of the reactions were lukewarm at best so
much so that, by his own admission, the biggest laugh of the night came when
Byrne uttered the phrase:- "dirty Manc b**tards".
For the most part though, this Liverpool
crowd shared and relived every moment of Byrne's awkward life experiences
with the utterly likeable Irishman
Do not forget that this Irish funny man performs, at The Atkinson, on 22
April 2016 and you can get tickets by calling in to the venue or buzzing
them on:- 01704 533333.
Did you attend? Let us know what you thought of the
gig, via emailing us to:-
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