Review by Steve Bennett

Millcan is softly-spoken (with a seductively lilting gentle North-Eastern accent), cool, calm and collected, and talks maturely about her recent divorce.

And it’s not the bitter rant against an evil ex that you might expect, rather a more honest, slightly touching, account of her feelings and the reactions of others

She paints a delightfully bitter-sweet picture of her domestic situation, living back home with her mother and father - a man with an uncanny knack to be utterly heartless by complete accident. You can just imagine the sitcom....

She first appears vulnerable, easily winning the audience’s sympathy. But it turns out that veneer hides a very sharp tongue. This vein of nastiness is never more evident than in her newer material on hating children

It’s assured, accomplished stuff, although other gags about flavoured condoms and what might be written on novelty underpants are less edifying - but still go down well.

As a newcomer – scooping just about all the runners-up places in the 2005 new act contest – this aspect of her set might be forgiven, even if it is serving her well. Expect to be hearing a lot more of her.

Review date: 1 Jan 2006
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett