To most people, being referred to as "a comedian's comedian"
would seem like a high accolade. But when Kevin McAleer receives
such praise he translates it as "perennial under-achiever".
Perhaps this is what has pushed him into finally making his first
ever visit to the Fringe at the age of fifty.

Chalk & Cheese is a one-hour comedy monologue written
and performed by Irish comedian McAleer. The character lives
in a strange world of paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and
broken down language; everyday events such as eating out, a visit
from the postman, waiting at the lights, can be the starting
point for epic mental voyages into the back of his own head.
In every situation or personal encounter, he inevitably grabs
the wrong end of the stick and holds onto it for dear life.