THESE kind of shows remind you what the Fringe used to be like – fun. Liam McEneaney is the resident American and, the day I see it, the only American. Ophira Eisenberg is Canadian. Practise pronouncing that name; you will be wanting to buy tickets t
o see her. She is cleverly, memorably funny. There is a bit in her set about prices on menus and the cost of a grilled chicken Caesar salad, at which I am still laughing. On stage she has that marvellous air of being both relaxed and in charge. I want to know more about her marriage, her tequila rampages and her surgically altered sister. She is a class act.
McEneaney is a rumpled bear of a comic with more than a passing resemblance to Michael Moore. Born to Jewish/Irish Catholic parents, he had the kind of upbringing that could fit him only for a career in stand-up. Women, dogs, karate and Death of a Salesman are the mainstays of his set. Which is like a work-in-progress. But a funny one. His reminiscences of a New York policeman doing drug education at his school are well worth getting out of bed for. Friendly venue, funny show and it's free. Why would you not go?
• Until 25 August. Today 12:05pm