Clad in a sartorially edifying bespoke manner, like a dapper and dandy funeral director, Anthony J Brown cuts a unique on-stage presence with humour blacker than a raven that has slammed it's claw in a coffin lid.

Eschewing the well trodden terrain of the one-liner witticism, Mr Brown's penchant is for 4, 5, 6 and 7-liners drenched in evocative imagery and laced with comedic red herrings.

And not the merest hint of profanity.

He constantly engages the assembled throng with a cryogenic stare whilst slowly and very gently caressing the microphone stand with well manicured talons.

To be quite so casually tactile with an inanimate object in full public view takes a certain confidence, especially whilst punctuating his bizarre and often hilariously misanthropic anecdotes with measured pauses that you could reverse a Heavy Goods Vehicle through.

The overall effect is both perversely hypnotic and wholly original, leaving the audience zealously hanging on to every syllable like turncoat lemmings on a rockface.

. 'Jarvis Cocker with a death in the family' - Metro

'He made me laugh immediately. I was crying with laughter' - Doon Mackichan ('Smack The Pony')

'A strange, lizard-like creature and polished surrealist...wonderful' - City Life

'The only man who can make a mic stand look mildly erotic' - bbc tees

'King of the deadpan deliveries with an almost eerie stage presence' - Newcastle Evening Chronicle

PARROT

Founder member of Scotland's ground-breaking comedy collective, The Funny Farm, Parrot has long perched on the shoulder of decency, shouting in its ear with his slightly-skewed invective and dark view of the world.

One of stand-up comedy's great mavericks, Parrot has garnered much praise as he ploughed a furrow for others to follow; an early pioneer from the days when alternative comedy was a vast, unexplored frontier.

Since then, Parrot has performed highly-acclaimed solo shows at five Edinburgh Fringe Festivals

Parrot’s massive influence on the modern comedy scene extends far beyond his own stand-up act, having written for such stars as Dave Allen, Jack Dee and Jo Brand. He has explored all comedy terrains - from TV to radio, both off-screen and on as a writer and performer of extraordinary class, with credits including The Stand-Up Show (BBC1), Rab C Nesbitt (BBC2) and Jonathon Ross Live (R1). His radio credits also include appearances on Mark Goodier and Mark Radcliffe’s shows and as co-host, (with Kevin Day), on Loose Talk – subsequently nominated for the Sony Radio Awards and the New York Radio Awards.

'Scotland's most uncompromising stand-up comic' - Guardian

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