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alistair barrie photoEdinburgh Fringe Comedy 2007
Alistair Barrie – Obviously
Three Weeks Review, August 2007
By PETER MOORBY
Rating:

According to Alistair Barrie, you can get the experience of putting on a show at the Fringe simply by "standing in the shower, ripping up tenners". I, for one, was glad that he'd ditched the loofah and made the effort.

This is a show that began well and only got better, and funnier, with Barrie's loose framework of "pillars of obviousness" prompting a wide range of comic observations. It was the more personal jokes that really stood out - I couldn't even begin to dscribe how hilarious the monologue about his sex life was.

Refreshingly, Barrie seemed perfectly at ease with a typical Tuesday-sized crowd - although once last night's audience have told their friends about this show, he'll be just as good in front of a packed house too, I'm sure.

tw rating 4/5
published: Aug-2007

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