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Milo McCabe

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Biography

The son of old-school Irish comedian Mike McCabe - who once won New Faces - Milo is a character comedian who usually performs on the circuit as Philberto, Portugal's top reality TV star. As himself, he has a number of minor TV presenting credits, including ITV1's late-night gaming show The Mint and cable channel Current TV.

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Milo McCabe: Fringe 2012
Live Review
Gilded Balloon Teviot

 rated 3/5
Milo McCabe: Fringe 2012

There’s an intriguing idea at the heart of this hour, although it requires some unpicking from the  jumbled narrative and ill-fitting character showcases. It also only really works if, as a punter, you have done a bit of homework in to what you’re watching – which is a risky assumption on the Fringe, where people wander in to shows on all manner of whims.

Basically, Milo McCabe has recruited his dad, the genuine old-school comedian Mike McCabe, to play a fictional comic of that same generation, Kenny Moon, while Milo  takes on a series of creations, including Moon’s dim-witted son, Tyson. The whole fictional names business is entirely unnecessary and seems to exist either just to underline that McCabe Sr isn’t as much a sad case as his alter-ego, or to tie into last year’s show, which introduced Tyson to Edinburgh audiences.

Some real-life incidents from Mike’s professional career are also added to the mix. Back in the day, he seems to have had a run-in with one end-of-the-pier double act who tried to sabotage his performance, while he apparently landed in court after stealing a joke from one of the then-new ‘alternative’ comedians. (Cursory research also reveals he was involved in a court case with a group of Paras, who refused to pay him for one show, claiming that he did not fulfil his contractual obligation to be funny)

Both McCabe and his alter ego also appeared on The Comedians after winning early-Eighties talent show New Faces, which at one point is described as being ‘like X-Factor, but with racism’. That’s a bit rich given Milo’s portrayal of Irish travellers here as a big fat gypsy stereotype of dodgy tarmackers who eat hedgehogs, always fight and are married off at 14, but we’ll let it go.

The hour is  presented as  a This Is Your Life tribute to Moon, presented by a stilted and awkward Chris Henry, who’s also a stand-up. In the show Moon is reunited with his relative Keith (the gypsy character), Bunny from the old-school double act – where pretty much all they do is trade old pub gags about Viagra – a suave thespian type called Troy, Tyson, and, via video, his aggressive cockney agent.

A lot of this is self-indulgent twaddle, with a dependency on audience participation, but there are some funny elements: Troy taking about the evils of pink custard or introducing a comedy sidekick to The Cherry Orchard was a particular highlight. That the cast occasionally corpses adds to the slapdash feel of proceedings, but also gets the laughs.

So it’s all a bit messy with a feel, even at the end of the festival, of a work in progress – even if it has its moments.

Date of live review: Monday 27th Aug, '12
Review by Steve Bennett
George Ryegold: Fringe 2012
Monday 6th Aug, '12- Underbelly Bristo Square
Milo McCabe: Get Brown
Milo McCabe: Get Brown

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Philberto's Animal - Fringe 2009
Wednesday 26th Aug, '09-
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Comments

Very funny, Philberto and other characters are pure quality, well worth seeing and should be on TV more, move over Sasha Baron

mb, March 2013


Not particularly funny, no matter what character he is in. Takes himself a tad too seriously for a comic.

Johnny, September 2012




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Where can I see Milo McCabe next?

Where can I see Milo McCabe next?

20:00 - Thursday 23rd May, '13
Venue: Comedy Store
Prices: £18 (13 concs)
Comics: Philberto, Pierre Hollins, Roger Monkhouse, John Fothergill (MC)
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
23:00 - Friday 24th May, '13
Venue: Comedy Store
Prices: £15 (£10 concs)
Comics: Philberto, Pierre Hollins, Roger Monkhouse, John Fothergill (MC)
Show starts: 23:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
19:30 - Friday 24th May, '13
Venue: Comedy Store
Prices: £20
Comics: Philberto, Pierre Hollins, Roger Monkhouse, John Fothergill (MC)
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
23:00 - Saturday 25th May, '13
Venue: Comedy Store
Prices: £18 (13 concs)
Comics: Philberto, Pierre Hollins, Roger Monkhouse, John Fothergill (MC)
Show starts: 23:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
19:30 - Saturday 25th May, '13
Venue: Comedy Store
Prices: £22.50
Comics: Philberto, Pierre Hollins, Roger Monkhouse, John Fothergill (MC)
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
20:30 - Saturday 1st Jun, '13
Venue: Piccadilly Jongleurs
Prices: From £12
Comics: Ian Moore, Philberto, Quincy
Info: Plus: Will E-Robo
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
21:30 - Monday 3rd Jun, '13
Venue: Etcetera Theatre
Prices: £5
Comics: Bobby Mair, Milo McCabe, Nathan Cassidy
Info: Plus: Alex Holland, Mark Davison. Rat Pack Comedy
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
20:00 - Friday 28th Jun, '13
Venue: Nottingham Glee
Prices: Adult - £11.00, Student - £4.00
Comics:
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
20:00 - Saturday 29th Jun, '13
Venue: Nottingham Glee
Prices: Adult - £14.00, Student - £4.00
Comics:
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
20:30 - Friday 12th Jul, '13
Venue: Cardiff Glee Club
Prices: Adult - £15.00, Student - £6.50
Comics:
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
20:30 - Saturday 13th Jul, '13
Venue: Cardiff Glee Club
Prices: Adult - £17.50
Comics:
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
20:30~00:00 - Saturday 20th Jul, '13
Venue: Piccadilly Jongleurs
Prices: £15
Comics:
Info:
Plus: Rory O' Hanlon
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
13:30~00:00 - Sunday 21st Jul, '13
Venue: Sheffield New Barrack Tavern
Prices: £6
Comics:
Info:
Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer. Plus: Danny Ward
Show starts: 13:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Thursday 25th Jul, '13
Venue: Abingdon Guildhall
Prices: £10
Comics: Philberto, Rob Collins
Info: Edinburgh preview shows.
17:00~18:00 - Wednesday 31st Jul, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Thursday 1st Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Friday 2nd Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Saturday 3rd Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Sunday 4th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Monday 5th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Tuesday 6th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Wednesday 7th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Thursday 8th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Friday 9th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Saturday 10th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Sunday 11th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Monday 12th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Wednesday 14th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Thursday 15th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Friday 16th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Saturday 17th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Sunday 18th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
20:00 - Monday 19th Aug, '13
Venue: Bracknell South Hill Park Arts Centre
Prices: £10
Comics: Milo McCabe, Rob Collins
Info: Edinburgh previews
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
17:00~18:00 - Monday 19th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Tuesday 20th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Wednesday 21st Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Thursday 22nd Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Friday 23rd Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Saturday 24th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
17:00~18:00 - Sunday 25th Aug, '13
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prices: £5 (previews) to £10.50
Show: Milo McCabe: Schiz
Show starts: 17:00
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Philberto

Milo McCabe's Shows:
Edinburgh Fringe 2008
Philberto

Edinburgh Fringe 2009
Philberto's Animal

Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Milo McCabe: Get Brown

Edinburgh Fringe 2012
George Ryegold's God-In-A-Bag
Milo McCabe: Kenny Moon, This Is Your Life

Edinburgh Fringe 2013
Milo McCabe: Schiz