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Lucy Porter: Fools Gold - Fringe 2009
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How does Porter do it? For the past few years she’s turned around a consistently good full hour of new material with a coherent theme and gags that hit the mark time after time.

Plus, it’s always an ultimately feelgood show (she even delivers a couple of drinks to a couple of people separated from their mates who had been to the bar) while maintaining a satisfying level of smut and a touch of the gossipy mate.

This year a bangle given to her by her staunchly Catholic granny when was 12 has got her thinking about gold and how she’s always shunned it and its ostentatious connotations.

Growing up a silver-preferring goth in a parental home with an avocado bathroom suite with gold taps and a father who wore gold in the style of Mr T was good enough reason for the thought of the metal to send a shudder though Porter. But on the plus side gold has reawakened her interest in chemistry, old alchemists and the boy who used to sit next her in her science class.

As ever, her diminutive size and cute good looks are a comedy gift, giving Porter that deceptively innocent appearance, beneath which lies the mind and mouth of a docker.. Flirting gently with a member of the audience as she lowers gold leaf into his mouth as he kneels beneath her on a cushion she notes: ‘I can see why Catholic priests are tempted…’

During this show, she asked one member of the audience what he’d seen at the festival, and he replied Daniel Kitson and Marcus Brigstocke. She comments that they’re the big guns and that, in comparison, she’s like a supply teacher. Lucy, you’re selling yourself short. She may not be greatly political but her shows are perfectly formed and her consistent audiences prove it.

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If you have seen her before (as I have) you know what you are getting. An Edinburgh show where her charisma adds a couple of stars to a show that is a bit overwritten. Enjoyed it - but it isn't earth shatteringly funny

Andy Barr, August 2009

Tries far too hard to be liked, rather than concentrating on her material.

jd, June 2009

Cute as a button, but not funny in the slightest. Light entertainment, not comedy. If you like ITV on a Saturday night she's probably right up your alley.

Ally, September 2008

Lovely, surprising, witty, lovely, outrageous, funny, lovely, topical. Did I say lovely?

Ray Girling, August 2008

Just saw Lucy for the second time, and most of it was new. Kudos for that, also for her stage presence - one minute she's silly and girlish, the next she's savage and churlish. Overall, damn fine stuff!

Michael Monkhouse, July 2008

Saw Lucy at Tunbridge Wells last night and we thought she was excellent. It was new material, and good stuff too, surely its better to watch somebody develop and take chances than just watch somebody going through the motions. Check her out at Edinburgh! Really funny show

Mark, July 2006

Lucy headlined in Harrogate last night, and sadly was somewhat disappointing. She never really got going. After a while she confessed that she was trying out new material for the Edinburgh festival, and then she ended up having to refer to her notes to guide her. While there was some funny material, none of it caught fire and had everyone laughing out loud. Can see she should be great; In future if she is experimenting, it would be nice if the show was advertised as such

Stew, July 2006

Saw her Edinburgh Preview tonight and you are in for an evening of warmth, hilarity and intelligence if you get to see it. Edgy material but never off-putting.

Paul Nelson, July 2006

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