Saw him last night in Nottingham where he totally won the place over and got called back for several encores. He came across as natural and a genuinely warm and funny guy.
Sarah, March 2005
Saw him at Hempel last night, I was really disappointed. No new material and he just seemed so angry at the world. What happened to the very funny and happy Irish kid who was so great 5 years ago. The theatre wasnt even nearly full and I was very let down by him.
Eva Barnett, February 2005
Brillant, funny , charming, Irish. a class act all the way.
Trish, January 2005
Saw Ed at 'Jason Byrne and friends' charity gig in Edinburgh. He started on his material, but tripped, which got a big laugh. So he then decided to ditch the rest of his material and spend his timeslot falling over. It was hilarious. He repeatedly tripped himself up, fell over a stool, off a table, some of the funniest physical comedy I'd seen. On a night full of superb comics, he still managed to stand out as something special.
Alsion, September 2004
Ed Byrne is a man with a hatred of stupid people, an abhorrence of violence (because he s not very good at it) a dislike of pikeys and a penchant for rudeness. Put all this together and you have a 32 year-old irate Irishman on stage performing some delightfully dark satire. Even when he s stringing together impressive numbers of expletives and obscenities I didn t feel that he ever lost the audience. But perhaps that's because Byrne quite simply exudes an effortless charm. Only occasionally did he stray away from lighter comedy into the territory of topical political humour. And when he did it was soft enough as to be accessible to all.
Kevin Stanley, September 2004
Topped the bill at Late & Live. Jokes made me laugh the first time but second/third/fourth airing over as many years...time for some new material? Imagine he'd be a great find for a new listener but would be good to see all the praise propel Ed toward a creative burst and spew up some new gags. It is his job afer all.
