Over a lengthy career Ed Byrne has been all sorts of comedians. Among them a beer-swigging, swaggering stand-up and a geeky gagsmith. The latter should have been apt as his name is even an anagram of Be Nerdy. Yet somehow no style seemed to be the real Ed Byrne.
Now finally, at the age of 51, he has delivered a fantastically funny and moving monologue where there is no doubt that we are seeing the authentic Ed. And the performance is all the better for it. The erstwhile Mock The Week star still swaggers here and is geeky there but for once it all has a purpose.
