Advertised in the Fringe guidebook as 'David Kelly is Shameless', the show turned out to be rebranded as 'David Kelly and Laura Carr Have No Shame'. The show also contained no elaboration of any of the jokes hinted at in the guide, nor the ‘'hand-picked comedy guests’ promised. Minor issues of false advertising aside, this was a funny show. Free stand-up gigs always fill me with a degree of trepidation but on this occasion I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening. There was also chocolate-flavoured bribery for audience members, which is always appreciated.The two titular comedians split the show half an hour each, both talking loosely on the theme of embarrassing situations. Laura Carr was first up. Although there were some really good moments in Carr's set I felt that she was missing something. There was also an unfortunate tendency to fall back on to stereotypical female stand-up topics.Carr did, however, deal very well with a group of rowdy men who talked and were lewd throughout her set. It’s a shame when idiots try to spoil a show but I guess free comedy attracts all kinds.It was David Kelly's half hour that I enjoyed most. Traversing subjects from The Artist Formerly Known as Prince to playing rugby via Jesus' catering-based miracles, Kelly skilfully kept the audience in a constant stream of giggles. His set never quite got to the high it promised but he was a consistently strong performer.Although not fully polished, this show is a bargain gem.
