Glasgow born comedian Keira Murphy is yet another one who is strutting her stuff in the Laughing Horse Free Fringe with her show Lyre Bird. A Lyre Bird is an Australian bird which is famous for imitating other sound in an effort to get mates. Keira is quite an actress and no mean mimic in her own right as well as being a funny lady to boot, and she claims to be desperately seeking a mate herself, so hence the clever show title. Ms Murphy is not an unknown quantity to me, however it is a couple of years since I have seen her, and she was just as good as I remember. She has stage presence, confidence and a whole raft of good, funny material in her locker and a mentioned is quite a mimic able to produce such  characters as Mrs McKenzie, an ancient on Highland Radio, Stacey Broon, a man-hating pub manager and even her own mother. As a finale she does a section on Irish curses as she thinks that we need more scope in using them. She runs a few past us the invites the audience to send her their best curses. If she gets enough , well that’s next years show done for her and you never know you may be able to claim a credit for part writing an Edinburgh Show. As part of the Laughing Horse Free Fringe there is no charge to get it, but a collection bucket for you to fold your contribution in half before placing it in there, the lady has to eat after all.   ****