Milton Jones - Lion Whisperer (£15)

If you read my review of Shappi Khorsandi, you'll know that I measure whether I enjoyed a comedian of if they make me belly laugh or not. Before the show started my brother and I managed to find seats with only two rows in front of us, we were facing the side of the stage but the view was good nonetheless. I turned to Sam and told him that I was hoping for belly laughs and did an impression of Santa. Milton started the set dressed as his grandfather, it was weird and unexpected considering the name of the show was "lion whisperer" the crowd were connecting straight away because every time a latecomer came in, Grandfather Milton would start his little set again, with "I once had a cousin in Leathe, he kept his money under his mattress because he didn't think anyone would look in the garden" he did it three times and it got funnier each time.

My first proper belly laugh of the show was when Milton's grandfather was talking about the Olympics and said "could the winner of the 400 metre butterfly please come and collect their giant insect." Milton's style is to pummel the audience with witty one liners, the joke is over before you realise and then the humour hits you unexpectedly. It was a great show.

"Similes, what are they like?" and "I saw a clown's eye, that was a big plus" were mine and my brother's favourite jokes of the night and we've already repeated them a fair amount.

Venue: 8/10
Price: 8/10
Show: 10/10
Enjoyment: 10/10

Overall: 9/10

Shappi Khorsandi (£13)

Shappi Khorsandi (£6.50 but I think I got two for one)
Pleasance Courtyard "beyond"

My brother and I went to see Shappi Khorsandi together, which was fitting considering the show was primarily about the relationship between Shappi and her older brother.

I enjoyed Shappi's anecdotes, I liked being able to find my brother and I in what she was saying. I didn't relate to everything Shappi said though, for instance, the desire to eat her baby, I do not share that trait, nor do I have a baby.

I'm not sure that the crowd were totally playing along, there were about 150 of us, give or take. I was sitting in the back row, right in the corner. I had the stairs in front of me so nobody's head was directly in view but I did feel very 'edgy' excuse the pun. But even the people who were I the middle of other audience members didn't seem to be taking part in the give/take relationship between comedian and audience. One thing I use to measure how much I like a comedian is if I "Belly laugh" you know, one of those hearty, unstoppable giggles, sadly I had no belly laughs.

Venue: 7/10
Price: If got two for one so 10/10 otherwise, £13, 6/10
Show: 7/10
Enjoyment: 8/10

Overall: 8/10 (7/10 for full price)

Dylan Moran - Yeah, yeah.

(Comedy reviews are more of a quick note)

This was the first comedienne I'd been to see. Even though I had nothing to compare it to, I'd say it was very enjoyable.
Moran handled a heckler very well with witty remarks [though I would have liked to maim him in some way...] Everybody was laughing and the jokes came throughout the stories he was telling.

One small disappointment that I has was that the jokes were all at the same level of funny, lots of laughing but no gasping for breath.

Overall I was left with lots to think about and I had a great night.

Enjoyment: 8/10.