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Tom Craine -  Comfort Blanket - One4Review

Tom Craine was not a name I was aware of before Fringe 2009 programme appeared, but always keen to hear new talent I gave this early evening show a try. It appeared that this was Craine’s first Edinburgh and this personable young man, certainly non-confrontational. He even complemented several audience members, rather than taking the mickey during his opening. His up bringing did obviously not inspire him to turn to comedy as a career, his sheltered childhood, religious upbringing, and being a former head choir boy, well there can’t be too many similar background on the comedy circuit. Craine is a worrier and has always required his comfort blankets to get him through life and he lists some of his ways of dealing with these issues. He states that buffoonery is a trait in his family and he is also a sufferer. Maybe that, if true, was partially why he reminded me of Rowan Atkinson, both in style and to a certain extent in some of his actions and looks. Although he had a fund of material, for me, and a few others in my area of the venue, it didn’t enthral to any great extent. I did not find him hilarious, however he did have a presence that kept one’s attention. I would like to see how he develops in his career, and would check him out again in the future, but currently for me the jury’s out.   ***

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