CHRIS ADDISON

It would be fair to say that Chris Addison isn’t exactly a master of disguise. The moment he walks on stage, one thing is very clear: he’s a posh bloke. By now a Fringe veteran, Addison returns to Edinburgh with another variation on his favourite theme: the fact that he’s a posh bloke. Good natured, impeccably dressed and with posture your mother would certainly approve of, Addison strides up and down the stage delivering his sermon like a trendy Church of England vicar on one of his six days off, trying to slightly let his hair down and failing miserably. His continued return to the same topic would in most people’s hands appear to be a sign of an inflexible imagination, but with Addison it’s like someone polishing a diamond – continually refining the subject so that it continues to sparkle. Indeed, his uncanny ability, year after year, to find some new life in a subject he is constantly exploring, is something that should be rewarded and applauded.