What a lovely little show from character comedian Joe Fairbrother. You
join him at the local village hall where he welcomes you "the locals"
like he really does know you asking after family and Friends etc. Joe plays a
range of characters from a health and safety officer to a female B&B owner.
The characters all follow the same format some perhaps maybe
better than others but in general all very good. I'd really like to
see Joe take more risks, some of the characters are very lovable and
I could see them getting away with allot more, you only need to look at
the likes of little Britain to see what can be done.
I liked the radio segments in between character's and especially the
local disco stuff but I do feel the writing needs work. In general we
need more laughs, more punchlines at the end of each character and
just a bit more risk.
This is however a bloody good show performed by a bloody good
character comic. I've no doubt he will go from strength to strength and I already look forward to his 2012 offering.
ComedyReviewer 6/10
edfringe 3 stars ***