"I'm warming up for the warm-up" Ed Byrne demonstrates how to make an audience eat out of his hand yet again at his hilarious gig at Riverside Studio Theatre. By Emma at Spoonfed.
The compere for Ed Byrne's gig at Riverside Studios is himself. His improvisational part of any comedy show where the compere gets to know the audience before he introduces the acts can be quite dull but as an experienced pro, Byrne shines at this, managing to home in on the banker who's just lost his job and some posh guy on the third row - ready targets for a bit of mobbing up. Laughs come freely, leaving him to point out "If you think this shit off the top of my head's good – wait until you hear the material I actually thought of beforehand that was funny and then wrote down..."