Comedy review: Ladies and Gentlemen - Free, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (Venue 170), Edinburgh
Ladies and Gentlemen – Free
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
(Venue 170)
Star rating: * * *
Horses ghostwrite novels, meditation tapes become murder weapons, we get a new Facebook app, and a chance to see how good The Killing is without subtitles.
The writing is way better than average and for every puzzled pause, the audience lets out a hoot of laughter. The performances are strong – especially from Paul Foxcroft and Joseph Morpurgo – and the show bowls along at a high rate of comedy knots. I was particularly tickled by the medium who got through to “the other side” and finds someone promoting the next show in the venue. Littering the road to a punchline with extra laughs like this is never a bad thing. This is a properly accomplished show in a comfy little venue and a great way to spend part of an afternoon.
• Until 26 August. Today 3:30pm.