Following a brief, but enjoyable, introductory set from the reliable Jojo Sutherland, Caulfield delivered a superb solo half hour. From Brits trained to do US style greetings in coffee shops (we're not very good at them) to the overly friendly couples you meet on holiday (Rose and Fred West were a couple....) this was Jo at her caustic, observant best. A few tried and trusted routines mixed with some new material she was trying out, there were plenty of surprises and no let up in the laughs. And it isn't often that a joke about the threat of anal rape provides the best laugh of the set.
After the interval there was a good short set from Tony Sloan with subjects including his mother issues, (in)ability to deliver chat up lines, and stalking. Good fun and a he looks like an interesting young talent.
Caulfield brought four weel kent local faces to help record her regular podcast, "The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected". Keir McAllister, Gareth Waugh, Richard Melvin and Stu Murphy are Stand familiars and big names on the Scottish comedy scene. Jo reads out a series of daft questions, or hypothetical scenarios, and invites her panelists to come up with the funniest answers, points being randomly awarded for their efforts. The contestants are given an hour's notice of the questions, so they do have some time to prepare their material. They may be asked to take us inside the mind of one of their colleagues, or regale us with the stories of their own most embarrassing moments. All four had some great lines, but Waugh produced some outstanding routines, and highlight was surely Stu Murphy's advice to Melvin on improving his comic performance - Murphy was consistently the most naturally funny of the group.
Great value at only £5 a ticket, the show played to a packed house and there will be no need to dub laughs on to the soundtrack of the podcast.
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