'Get it up ye!' How 17-year-old Kevin Bridges conquered the world

Quentin Reynolds, a 26-year-old who had been gigging for almost a year, was also on the bill that night. When Bridges told his first joke "the whole room absolutely erupted", he said. "I was pishing myself too, but also breathed a sigh of relief as the new lad had got a huge laugh and I knew he'd probably be OK."Bridges went on to talk about the "trials and tribulations" of being 17. "Most of it was quite clever…