David O'Doherty
Assembly Wildman Room

David O'Doherty is a genial Irishman with some mildly amusing musical interludes and a great line in stand-up. Like most great comics he makes the whole show seem like one long ad-lib but this well structured and intelligently written show prove the lie to that. His simple musical asides prove to be entertainingly diverting punctuation to the rather gentle delivery of the comic gems and are welcome additions. His subject matter is a total enigma in a Fringe dominated by political satire and Iraq gags. Instead he chooses to muse on the lighter side of life such as the merits of crime prevention penguins and how his life mirrors that of Tiger Woods.

Smiles cross the faces of the audience as soon as he launches into another Casio keyboard based ditty, knowing that we will be treated to another piece of deliciously obscure musical whimsy. This show really has the right measure of everything and with the charm and deadpan delivery of D'Oherty this has to be one of the Fringe guaranteed good nights out.

Rave for Dave.