The genially self-deprecating comic is always good company, Byrne’s neat observational humour intelligently and intuitively touches a shared nerve with his audiences. In new show, Spoiler Alert, Ed gets stuck into the generation of spoiled adults and children that 21st Century society has created. Rather scarily, in the promo material for the show the Dublin born comedian is wielding a chainsaw, which apparently is his own. You have been warned.

Sat 27 Jan 8pm at The Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3DQ £27 www.thsh.co.uk