Nicely addressing the growing Fringe problem of how to keep an audience entertained during entry to a several-hundred seat mega-venue, Brendon Burns has adopted Dave Eastgate as a rock n' roll hobo sidekick to fill in during the 15 minutes it takes us all to file in. Giving us an extended guitar solo with added comedy, Eastgate remains on stage throughout the act, allowing Brendon Burns to bounce lines off him, and generally just fall about with laughter at each other's antics.Straight off, this 2007 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner shows us that he's still got what it takes, with laughs about how some of the show may make more sense to his native Aussies in the audience, but after all it's only fair as Scotland gave the world Rab C. Nesbitt so we can't really complain about incomprehensibility.A constant stream of gags had this mainly younger crowd in stitches, as he bounced (quite literally) around the stage, full of energy. The reason for the 16+ billing quickly became clear as he launched into cunnilingus gags (as it were), and some hilarious takes on the battle of the sexes.Much of the show is more reflective than previous years, with an extended routine about missing his ex-wife and regretting the mistakes he made in losing her. A thoughtful and interesting (but always inimitably funny) section on why more and more comics are doing paedophile material, builds to a personal closing section of what really matters anyway in life, and where religious belief fits into all of this.This is grown-up comedy with something to say who knew that someone baring their soul to a tent full of strangers could just be so bloody funny? Go see for yourself before it's sold out.
