CityLife

Fair do, MISS Reviewer (can't you read Nigel?) did point out that a lot of the material wasn't new. You also seem to have invented the reviewer's use of the word 'genius', which she did not use. She described his playful sense of cynicism as his "star quality". And that seems fair to me. You clearly read this review with your own agenda in mind, expecting the reviewer to call him a genius. I was at the show and thought his performance was pretty funny, although the Q&A was admittedly very poor (which the reviewer didn't mention) - mainly because the audience couldn't think of any decent questions, though. A good show, I thought, and a fair representation of Frankie's comic style and subject matter. It was just, as the reviewer said, a shame there wasn't more original content.

Oh come on Rochford! Of course she was at the show! She quotes it, describes all the action. Honestly, what a lame piece of criticism... why did you even bother? The Metro gave the same show two stars. Read the national reviews and they're just as lukewarm. Do you think there's some kind of conspiracy? Perhaps you're happy with end of the pier stand-up and Benny Hill nurse sketches, but you have to accept that a lot of the people at these gigs weren't happy. Especially since it was penned by a writer from whom we have come to expect a lot more.