A COMEDIAN from Croft is experiencing rave reviews for his performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Matty Hutson is from Warrington, and has upped sticks and hauled himself - and his guitar - to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The festival is lauded by comics for providing them with the stage to be seen by wider audiences in the hopes of gaining more recognition for their work.

Matty, whose Edinburgh show is called 'Don't Hold Back,' is not the first comedian to experiment with original songs during a set - acts like Bill Bailey, Tim Minchin, and the late Victoria Wood have all mastered this.

However, the Warrington comic's set does this with a twist; as per The List, Matty's 'Don't Hold Back' show is a finely-tuned performance, featuring songs that explore characters created by the likes of Dolly Parton and the Plain White T's.

Some of Matty's songs are written from the perspective of Dolly Parton's 'Jolene,' as well as the Plain White T's' 'Delilah' - he imagines exactly how these fictitious women would respond to the songs that have been written about them.

And more crucially, perhaps, he also takes a look at how their mother's would respond, too.

Matty sets up on stage with a variety of instruments: guitar, keyboard, loop pedal, and mouth organ, to name a few.

Using a digital backdrop to announce various aspects of his show, Hutson's set gives a whistle-stop tour through his entire repertoire, showing off exactly what he can do at this year's Fringe Festival.

As per The List: "It’s not just Hutson’s sharp wit, musical acumen, ability to work a crowd, or infectious silliness that wins us over; his self-effacing honesty and warmth also makes him impossible not to like."

Matty Huston's 'Don't Hold Back' is being performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival until August 27.