His musings are at times rather random but there’s some very well written and well delivered comedy at the heart of this show. Barr works in a school library in order to help fund his comedic goals as well as many other revenue streams and at times there was a scholarly vibe to the show.  Like we were talking there to be educated by him rather than entertained.

There’s a lot of puns and lots of pints throughout proceedings which adds to the chaos.  Although there were many laugh out loud moments, the level of nonsense was a little distracting hard to follow.

Andy’s humour is dry but punchy and his observational style is surreal with a poetic slant.  The whole show feels a little self indulgent and the ending left me wondering what the show had been about.  It was just all a bit too random for me.

If you’re looking for something a little bit different to the usual stand up, then this may be the very show for you.

***

Reviewed by Gavin

Pleasance Courtyard – Cellar

20.00 (1hr)

Until 24 Aug (not 13)