Lucy Porter review

Lucy Porter is so bubbly and effervescent that it's hard not to like her.

Harry Hill & Omid Djalili for Slapstick festival

Barry Cryer, Omid Djalili, The Goodies, Harry Hill, Terry Jones, Phill Jupitus, Paul McGann, Lucy Porter and Tim Vine will be among the celebrities who will be visiting Bristol between 24 and 26 January.

While one doesn't like to laugh at other people's misfortunes, that was pretty much encouraged during I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down, in which comedian and musician Rich Morton chatted to a variety of stand-ups about those nightmares gigs that remain impossible to forget.

While this was a thoroughly entertaining half-hour, Morton rarely gave any of his interviewees a namecheck, which became frustrating for the listener. At the top of the show, we were told he was going to be talking to Jo Brand, Tim Clark, Jack Dee, Milton Jones, Lucy Porter and Ian Stone. True, it was easy to know when Dee, Brand and Porter were contributing, but the rest of the time it was a bit of a guessing game.

However, aside from this hiccup was a stream of amusing anecdotes about disastrous corporate gigs - prompting one comedian to try to escape by hiding in a dumb waiter - horrible hecklers and that one person in the audience who doesn't laugh.

Dee was in particularly good form, describing how if a Comedy Store gig went wrong in the early days of his career, he would tackle the challenge of walking through the audience in order to leave the venue by wearing his motorcycle helmet, as if he had just delivered a pizza.

Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast episode 4

Recorded live at the Edinburgh fringe, the latest edition of the Amnesty podcast features standup from Eric Lampaert, Nish Kumar and an improvised rap from Abandoman. Plus chat, revelations and secrets from Sandi Toksvig, QI's creator John Lloyd and Lucy Porter. Hosted by Christian O'Connell.

Edinburgh festival 2013: Lucy Porter's diary 11 August

In her latest blog from the Edinburgh Fringe, Lucy Porter considers that she might be entering her Edinburgh dotage.

Edinburgh Festival 2013: Lucy Porter's diary August 9

Lucy Porter explains how comedians stay sane in the Edinburgh Fringe bubble ahead of the first 'proper' weekend of the festival.

Explain yourself: Lucy Porter

Lucy Porter has been a regular at the Fringe for more than 20 years, ever since winning a competition to join the Perrier Award judging panel when she was 18.

Lucy Porter, comedian - portrait of the artist

In between Edinburgh gigs, Lucy Porter talks about the itinerant life of the standup, why Kate Bush is such an inspiration, and reveals her greatest ambition - to go on Countdown.

Edinburgh Festival 2013: Lucy Porter's diary August 5

Edinburgh Festival 2013: Lucy Porter suffers from flat-fright.

Lucy Porter, part of the Fringe festival furniture

I first came to Edinburgh when I was 18 to serve on the Perrier Awards panel, and was inspired to try stand-up myself.