Wicked Wenches

Bearing witness to a varied, exciting and sophisticated all-female line-up of acts, tonight's Wicked Wenches show is wide-ranging in subject matter and consistently sharp in delivery. Compere Susan Calman opens with robust material on sexuality and her previous career as a lawyer, eloquently capturing this evening's audience with the swift rebuttal of a staggeringly dim heckler . There's a spontaneous, shrewd intelligence at play here, and Calman's dextrous interplay with the crowd is backed up by carefully crafted content.

Kiri Pritchard-McLean's debut Stand performance culminates in well-paced observations on a surly Mancunian shop assistant, as urbane wit pierces through her self-deprecatory Welsh charm. Shifting the focus to matters of pregnancy and contraception, Elaine Devlin's prop-laden set maintains the momentum of the show wonderfully.

Following subtle, insightful segments on race, marriage and children, Ria Lina juxtaposes delicate ukulele arrangements with acidic punchlines, and the effect is potent. When the formidable Janey Godley thunders on to headline, the crowd have already been won, yet they submit further to quite brilliant pieces on Los Angeles sex parties and Glasgow dogs. All in all, a very powerful evening of comedy.