Moorhouse rolled out to do his warm up bit, interacting with the audience. His choices proved a bit unfortunate, with a lot of local government workers and little of interest to really spark his flow, but he had fun and was entertaining, before bringing on his support act. Jim Burke is a Weegie, now living in Leeds, but still with a strong Glasgow accent. There was an extended riff about prostate cancer, which gives you an idea of his material. Occasionally funny, but not consistently.
The second half was a big improvement, with Moorhouse's show which did very well in Edinburgh this August. Although he strayed into the trans debate, mentioned Muslim terrorists and had a few minutes on menopausal women, there was little to say this was an edgy set, and there was certainly nothing offensive. His trans contribution stood out for common sense - basically saying let people be who they want to be - and from where I was sat the menopausal women in the audience loved that material more than anyone.
Otherwise it was standard observational comedy, well crafted, well constructed, sometimes pausing to deconstruct his own material and give the audience pointers. There was a clever call back about fish and chips as his closing line. Overall extremely funny, professional and enjoyable. This guy knows what he's doing!
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