Terrible. While he isn't totally lacking in talent, the little he does have doesn't justify his unbearable smugness - laughing on stage at his own jokes and generally just sending out the message "we're middle class, isn't it great?" I also hate shows which pretend to have grand themes but in fact just use them as a scaffolding on which to hang a load of hideously trite and unoriginal observations about daytime television. Better to see Stewart Lee do a less serious theme like comics stealing jokes and do it properly

Bee, October 2005

This was, without a doubt, the best show I saw at the Festival. I have to admit, I was expecting an air of middle class exclusivity, but not a trace of this was to be found. What makes Addison so endearing is his enthusiasm. He has an amazing ability to make his show seem wandering and ad-libbed, although it is evident it has been meticulously planned as it works so very well.

Rebecca, August 2005