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'Scotland's sharpest interviewer' (The Guardian)

'go see him - ****' (The Scotsman)

'Dark but delicious - ****' (The Scotsman)

'he creates a set of characters more disturbing in nature and manner that have been seen since the league of gentlemen. This is one of the rare shows that would stand up to watching twice if only to catch all the details you missed on first viewing. Wickedly funny - ****' (Edinburgh Evening News)

'not so much offensive as utterly shameless. Devlin takes humour where happy campers fear to tread and is not for those of nervous disposition, yet he plays to such a brilliantly broad audience he has to be an essential stop off on the comedy circuit' (The Stage)

‘…is a genuine comedy performer, anarchic and humane simultaneously. Devlins dexterity and virtuosity is staggering. A true wordsmith like a northern Jean Brodie, his language is genteel yet filthy. Bruce Devlin is uproariously funny’ (The List)

'Despite his youth, he's got a tongue like a right old besom - definitely at the razor-sharp cutting edge of comedy' (The List)

'He performs with a confidence bordering on arrogance, he instinctively gives his performance something that some of the older comics will need to learn for future shows'. (Edinburgh Evening News)

'a cross between a schoolteacher and the school bully, a wonderfully offensive performer who takes no prisoners but surprisingly makes no enemies cutting sarcasm and dealing out personal abuse with great generosity. Devlin breaks all the stereotypes of the usual congenial host' (Edinburgh Evening News)

'with a tongue so sharp he could peel a King Edward' (Scotsman)

'a natural performer in total control of the audience at all times' (Edinburgh Evening News)

‘the irrepressible Bruce Devlin’ (The Metro)

‘Devlin’s super charged introductions could make recently-deceased genius Richard Pryor look like a slow starter’ (Edinburgh Evening News)

“Bruce Devlin, with “hair like a toilet brush on acid” didn’t just stand out from the crowd, he towered above it, jeering and prodding, leaving the audience in pain from too much laughing. Much of his material was unrepeatable, but that’s just as well, because not many others possess his parched, dry delivery that made it work so scathingly well Ironically, given his catchphrase “spoiling it for everyone else”, his only flaw was that he blew almost everyone else offstage.” (Evening News)

‘superslick compere’ (The Scotsman)