Here are some reviews of Lucy's 2005 Edinburgh show 'Happiness':
“The cheeriest show in town … a laugh-a-minute session”
The Telegraph
“Charmingly twisted, articulate and witty”
The Sunday Times
“Measured and winning … You will be smiling constantly, laughing regularly and will leave happy”
The Independent
“The pick of the crop of emerging female comics … Lucy has the elfin charm and killer delivery of a young Felicity Kendal”
The Herald
“Petite, fresh-faced, barefoot and jolly, Porter’s inspired silliness puts a smile on everyone’s face”
The Guardian
“A tiny, cheery, permanently smiling bundle of joy … You’ll have to look long and hard to find a show as supremely structured or perfectly paced as this”
Edinburgh Evening News
“The Fringe’s pre-eminent female stand-up … Even when utter filth is tripping from her tongue – which is often – her sprightly delivery and I-can’t-stand-still-because-I’m-so-excited demeanour means she’s as cute as a six-year-old telling their mum about scoring their first goal… the comedy version of a Radox bath”
The Sunday Herald
“Possibly the most natural and most charming performer on the fringe, she has audiences in the palm of her hand … seriously funny … the most heart-warming, loveable show around”
Fest Magazine
“A perky, twinkly comedienne who has the smile of a pixie but the mouth of a docker. She also makes some unexpected, gob-smackingly libellous gags which reveal the dark intelligence beneath the bubbly surface, and her audience banter confirms just how quick on her feet she is”
The Independent on Sunday
“Lucy Porter has long had a reputation for offering a real ‘night out’ and not just a comedy show and her Happiness provides just that … the slickest hour on the fringe”
Sunday Telegraph
“An engaging hour”
The Times
“Porter is probably one of the best ‘night out’ comedians working on the fringe … she’s an unavoidably magnetic character … a sharp yet warm natural wit”
Metro
“There’s a little survey, a bit of theatre and waves of crisply delivered gags as this barefoot raconteur – anyone for the Sandie Shaw of stand-up? – explores what makes her smile. Bacon frying and seeing a hen-night party tumble like dominos down the stairs at the Comedy Store are particular delights. Motherhood, however, does not appeal to the petite thirty-something: “If I wanted to be nervous, exhausted and broke, I’d get a crack-habit.” Her act is peppered with similarly polished gems, most notably in a breathlessly witty anti-monarchy rant. Porter has plenty to be happy about here.”
The Evening Standard