When you go to see Jo Brand, you have a fairly good idea what to expect.  Even while booking your ticket you have an idea of what will be in the act.  You expect to hear a sort of whining stream of "Cake, Cake, I'm so fat, aren't men all bastards but not really, cake."  For those die-hard fans* who want and or expect this, then her current tour will not disapoint.  For those of you, including many of Jo's critics, who want a slight change of set or some more original material from her, then the show may disappoint slightly more than the level of disappointment implied in the earlier statement.

Jo's set is very short, lasting only 49 minutes, which while not leaving you screaming for more, leaves you with a resounding feeling of "is that it?".

Luckily, this performance was held in a theatre which is only 200 yards from this reviewers house, leaving little excuse to not to go along and see what this veteran stand-up has to offer.  However, for those of you who may need to walk 300 yards or more, or spend £3 on a taxi ride, unless you are a die-hard* Jo Brand fan then you may want to evaluate what else the affordmentioned £3 could be spent on. (examples include a Big Indelable Marker Pen, or a Buy-one-get-one-free packet of Fish Fingers from Iceland).

* Note - We are referring to fans of Jo Brand who are "die-hard", not fans of Die-hard with Bruce Willis, and anyone going to the show expecting to see Jo in a string verst fighting off terrorists with bad european accents in a tall building may be disappointed.