It's been a regular fortnightly event during Uni term time since 2008 but for some reason I'd never got myself down to Slap and Giggle, the comedy night at Club Zoo. Now that I have been, it's a wonder it took me so long. Sid Wick and James Bennison perform as Slap and Giggle and ran the comedy night of the same name at Zoo, though they've technically handed over the reins to the guys running Funbox they're back here for a festival special. And what a special it is. As Bennison explained after the gig they'd been trying to get Clare Lomas and Frimston and Rovett to their gig for some time after meeting them at the Edinburgh Fringe. It's rare that all the acts on the bill are as slick as this lot, particularly in a student run gig where you have to cut them a bit of slack as most are still learning their trade.

First up was musical comedian Lomas. Originally from Wilmslow – Dad was in – she now resides in Holloway, but not the high security bit. Lomas combines banter – she ably does the job of warming the crowd up at the beginning rather than there being a compere - and songs that frequently concerned with what's currently getting her goat. She's an accomplished performer - deft at piano and vocals and wittily gripes about Ellie Goulding's cover versions and the merits of Primark on a budget to music. Plus there's a bit of audience participation with the 'I never...' drinking game set to music.

Slap and Giggle began their set with their Morecambe and Wise meets Vic and Bob double act dynamic then moved on to showcase their skits, mostly new with a couple of old ones in there too. There are many running gags here as the humour from one sketch to the next criss cross each other. It always heightens the humour when a sketch scenario is returned to and here Sid and James' include run through a series of famous 'Kens' getting dumped by their other halves. Their stand alone sketches are equally as well crafted too, the Cluedo one particularly sharply penned.

Rounding off the evening was another two man sketch troupe (well apart from when they draft in a couple of able helpers) Frimston and Rowett. They too employ the running gags/sketches device; avian birthday present disasters was nicely surreal and the unwelcome old school mate Topper proved an effective running gag as you learnt to see it coming. The performances and jokes were polished and barely put a foot wrong, it can't be long before they get a leg up to radio or TV.

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