Dan Mitchell is a friend. I know him and met him in Cardiff for a pre-Edinburgh interview. He is here due to reaching the final of ITV's " Show Me The Funny", which I think he should have won, but I am biased.
So, here he is in his 1st full length show at the festival with "Free Egg". No, this is not an inducement to gain a bigger audience with the promise of gaining complimentary farm produce but a vomit reference.
Dan Mitchell is not your average observational comedian. He sees things differently to the rest of us. Few comedians would appear on stage in a household appliance pretending to be a West End musical star singing an Andrew Lloyd Webber song. The focus of the story is what happened in his head when he was ill and unable to leave the house.
The material is solid and includes some trust and tested stories from previous shows but it is when he riffs with his audience that the evening comes alive. Suddenly his brain is in warp- factor drive and he is a Geordie seagull talking to other long-necked birds.
This is a highly enjoyable hour and depends upon the quality of the audience. If you supply sufficient ideas he will reward you with comedy gold. Sadly, he has yet to make a name for himself at the festival so audences could be bigger. So, do yourself a favour, go and then you can say " I saw Dan Mitchell before he was famous".
(These comments come from an Edinburgh reviewer, not a friend)!
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