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Tiny Jo Enright is a brilliantly gifted caricaturist, skilfully able to bring to life the exaggerated characters that inhabit her painstakingly polished stand-up set, yet still keep them credible.

She makes much of her dour Brummie roots, but is able to disguise that distinctively rough-edged accent to become anything from her meek Irish mother to a feral Netto shopper to an eight-year-old Scouser – a role even more convincing given Enright only measures 4ft 10in herself.

The comedy comes from precise way she emphasises key words, forming them into most unlikely catchphrases, whether it be her mother's irrational fear of 'eskielaytors', her own bafflement at ‘couscous’ or a bored shop assistant talking about her life ‘in retail’.

Her softly-softly delivery gently entices you into this mundane world, quietly and unhurriedly accumulating minutely detailed observations to build up the picture.

Not that such a low-key approach means she can’t handle a crowd, Enright has more than enough experience to cope with the most boisterous of gatherings – even if it does mean an over-reliance on every bog-standard heckle putdown in the hacks’ manual.

She's not the sort of comic who evolves her material very quickly, but has, over the years, polished her routines to maximize every laugh with the tiniest nuance or delicately judged pause – and it’s that which makes her such a reliable act.

Date of review: Jul 2006

Where can I see Jo Enright next?

When: 20:00 - Thursday 29th May, '08
Venue: Brighton Komedia
Prices: £7.50 (£5.50 concs)
Info: Comic Boom
Comics: Jo Enright, Pappy's Fun Club
When: 19:30 - Monday 2nd Jun, '08
Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre
Prices: £20 (£15 concs)
Info: The Brandi Borr Comedy Bash for Breast Cancer Haven. Also featuring Stephen Merchant
Comics: Adam Bloom, Jo Caulfield, Jo Enright, Matt Kirshen, Michael Legge, Paul Provenza, Sol Bernstein, We Are Klang
When: 20:30 - Tuesday 3rd Jun, '08
Venue: Edinburgh Stand
Prices: £6 (£5 concs)
Info: Plus AL Kennedy and Katie Craig.
Comics: Jo Enright, Susan Calman, Wendy Wason
When: 20:00 - Sunday 28th Sep, '08
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Prices: £7 (£5 concs)
Info: Laughing Cows all-female night
Comics: Hils Barker, Jo Enright, Katie Mulgrew, Mandy Muden, Rosie Wilby
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