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Mark Dolan (2 stars)

  • Source: The List (Issue 584)
  • Date: 23 August 2007 (updated 29 July 2008)
  • Written by: Sam Healy
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Audience interaction

An irredeemably bland interactive format, in which the audience does most of the creative work, kiboshes the good offices of Dolan’s natural charm. Showgoers write their problems on paper and the comedian riffs weakly on them, but the fatal flaw is obvious: audiences aren’t funny. If they were, they wouldn’t need to pay to see comics frittering away their charisma on lazy populist twaddle. (Sam Healy)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 668 1633, until 27 Aug, 6.30pm, £9 –£10 (£8–£8.50).

More: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Festivals, Fringe, Mark Dolan, Comedy

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