Des Clarke

It's been an eventful few months for Des Clarke: he was due to land at Glasgow Airport at the precise time those two numpties tried to rearrange the front entrance, only to be saved because he'd been booked as Lenry Henry's warm-up act the same night. Clarke cheerfully admits that, while he was understandably glad to miss those events, trying to persuade Glaswegians that Lenny Henry was going to be funny was equally painful.

Although not yet 25, Clarke has already won many fans thanks to his natural ability to get laughs out of any subject. Destiny is his his forth Fringe show, and is further proof that this is one of comedy's brightest rising stars. The gags are great, but Clarke has yet to discover how best to utilise them in the context of an hour-long show. Still, that's already better than Lenny Henry.