Nina Conti & Micky Flanagan

Two stars for the price of one, that's what you get with this show, but that's not fair, it's really three and there's an understudy also, and all in under an hour.

Micky Flanagan opened the show on the night I saw it, it's not always that way so I 'm told, but anyway Micky was very good, with some genuinely funny material all delivered with a laid back cheeky cockney style and his half hour disappeared all to fast.

Then enter the star of the show, oh and Nina Conti was there with him also. Monk, the militant monkey, almost a guerrilla in the way he treats his very talented mentor. I suppose it is always the puppet that has the best lines, and boy did he have a barrow load to choose from. Ms Conti has the technique to seem amused as well as disgusted at the more outrageous lines that the cheeky chimp 'delivered' somewhat in the style of a mother with a precocious child.

This double act certainly had the audience in stitches in their part of the set, and we also met Monks understudy, but to be honest he only had a supporting role in the finale of any note.

This show is doing great business already selling out on almost every night, my advice do anything necessary to get a ticket, and Psst, I've heard that Monk is very fond of bananas so you could always try bribery if all else fails.

Venue;    Pleasance  V33

Dates;  30th July to 25th August (not 5, 11)

Times;    19.00  to  20.00

Fringe Programme Page number  48