It was a blustery Friday night at the end of January in Kirkcaldy, a far cry from August in the Edinburgh Fringe when the show originally played, but however cold it may have been outside, in the very busy auditorium at the Adam Smith Theatre the comedy was hot, red hot ‘ cause Scotland’s kilted comedy phenomenon Craig Hill was on stage giving this Fife audience the chance to see a master at work.

As it will come as no surprise to regular readers of this site, I did not get to review Mr Hill during the Fringe, that privilege was snaffled by his unofficial ‘Official Stalker’ Sheila so I was in for a tread as it was all new to me.

From his entrance accompanied by Madonna backing track to his finale some two hours later Hill did what he does best, entertaining and engaging his entire crowd with his own style of merriment. His interaction can be gentle, occasionally bitchy, often self deprecating but never nasty. He was even willing to share his stage briefly with Elaine a musical theatre performer from Dunfermline in an impromptu duet.

Interplay with the crowd, playing off one locale with another and generally making everyone laugh is part of what makes people return time after time to worship at his shrine, we recognised quite a few regular attendees in the vicinity of our seats and his audience seems to get larger each time we see him.

The show this time boasts even a costume change, don’t worry it was still a kilty outfit, is it Craig’s inner diva coming out, but the quality of the fare was of the same high standard, and I defy anybody to have left the theatre feeling disappointed or not having enjoyed themselves.

Craig is always working hard so to see if he is at a venue near you check out his website www.mrcraighill.co.uk for details of forth coming gigs. I know his stalker will!!