Jimmy McGhie may sweat away two litres in his hour stand up, but it’s worth it for the amount of people he wins over. His charm, wit and openness about his lack of confidence in his own intelligence works a treat when pulling the laughs in.Sitting in what seems to be a furnace, with every seat around me taken, it’s obvious that McGhie is fast becoming a Fringe favorite. He demonstrates an array of accents, impressions and skillful mimicry that all come together to help portray an ‘Artificial Intelligence’. He mocks his past experience with bosses, colleagues, flat mates, girlfriends and details his use of a fail proof selection of nods. These allow him to get through a conversation without saying a word and come off as a well informed member of society. McGhie teaches these nods with hilarity to the crowd, who by this point are constantly sniggering from the comic’s stories of his years spent at University, and as a runner at the BBC. McGhie’s inoffensive material and likeable character are a treat to start your evening with. He pulls off his jokes with charm and has the audience in raucous laughter. Even though the performance didn’t quite reach a belly-hurting level the laughs were abundant. It’s obvious that he is soon to become a familiar comedic name at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, if he isn’t already. I’d start booking now.
