With a two year break from the Festival and multiple sell-out shows across the country and globe, one can only get a little excited about the limited run announced by Topping & Butch this year in Edinburgh.Im not sure what it is about these guys, but from the high-energy entrance music, right till the end with a rousing Susan Boyle finale these fringe veterans keep the packed-out audience roaring for 60 minutes.This years content once again picks up on the duos mix of politics and news but what stands out is the material is so up to the minute whereas a lot of comedy acts stop writing in July the writing in this show is as current as events that happened merely hours ago.For those who know Topping & Butchs work intimately there is the welcome return of 'Never Mind, Never Mind' victims this year include David Beckham, Hilary Clinton, Kerry Katona and Tom Daley as well as a whole new version of 'Little Baby' now known as 'The Streatham Lullaby'.Other highlights of the show include the credit crunch, the expenses scandal, pig flu, Harriet Harman and a rather amusing drive by the two entertainers to get Lilly Allen to represent Scotland at the next Eurovision (yes Scotland for a newfound political voting advantage).For those of you who have never heard of Topping & Butch, or indeed their legacy that now firmly cements them as part of the furniture at the Fringe should wander down to York Street and see what the fuss is about. It is quite simply an hour of heart warmingly irreverent and painfully funny bliss.
