Jason Byrne - Vicar Street

Jason Byrne, master messer, had lots of support in an audience familiar with his clowning and ad hoc madness. Though sometimes things fell apart slightly, he played the audience like a fiddle, chatting, making his daft verbal connections, all jerkyhipped gestures and funny faces. He didn't do much with his usual props and silly wigs, which sat tantalisingly on a table behind - probably because things went so well with the audience.

Bob Reilly as support/MC was comfortable with the crowd and did an entertaining set.

PJ Gallagher, more usually Jason Byrne's good-natured stooge, did a short stand-up set with more confidence than good material; it might have been wiser to try his first solo in a smaller setting.