2007 MONTREAL COMEDY FESTIVAL "She doesn’t look like a comedian but she’s funny for sure...........She’s got a very measured, deliberate delivery ................." Dylan P. Gadino, PUNCHLINE MAGAZINE http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/ NewYork New York  Las Vegas, Nevada "Both Barr (Rosanne) and her opening act ...., Pat Candaras, delivered enough of those adult-aimed missiles to keep the  NY-NY crowd laughing and happy."                                       Claire Voyant  www.lvol.com/gossip/ 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival **** BROADWAY BABY      ".............solid-gold material in her observations of the more extreme reactions of homeland security. ............(she) underlines the absurdity of a society suddenly suspicious of everything. ..............she’d much rather be doing something as mundane like cook a chicken." P.S., BROADWAY BABY   *** SCOTSMAN           "The only thing really wrong with this show is the title. Pat Candaras is by no stretch of anyone's imagination a Grandmotherf***er. She is an intelligent performer with a thoughtfully scripted show. You know you are in the hands of a pro at a Pat Candaras gig. And the show is relaxed, even though it is largely about anxiety. Candaras's delivery is beautifully measured, and leisurely paced, which gives you time to admire the craft in the set. And she is a funny lady. This year she is worried about "the authorities". Actually, Candaras is worried about almost everything. She is worried about anthrax bombs, suspicious-looking people and small dogs with big ears in a high wind.         ......she seems to have rather an irregular obsession with cooking chicken."  Kate Copstick, THE SCOTSMAN

New York International Fringe Festival 2005 "......... a hilarious evening of ribald comedy." Tom Penketh, Backstage.com "...... refreshing and cathartic, even therapeutic—which I suspect is the whole point." Liz Kimberlin, nytheatre.com "............ an entirely clever evening......." GRA6ZYNA DRABIK, Przegl¹ad Polski on-line ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2004 spent mending a broken ankle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New York International Fringe Festival 2003 "... she has a carefully constructed stage persona ..." Jonathan Warman - HX ".... My advice? See her." Kessa De Santis - www.electroniclink.com "………this latest installment ...... rocked ……….." Brooke Stowe americantheaterweb.com

NEW YORK CITY  2002 TheaterMania.com -  2002 – Best Comedy "Candaras has a unique point of view, and engagingly spiky personality and deliciously eccentric comic timing ... she has great material."  Barbara and Scott Siegel, TheaterMania.com "Pat Candaras is irreverent and funny.....Candaras exhibits a keen, sharp, down-to-earth, full of surprises and .. Funny."        EsterTolkoff, Back Stage "......Candaras is not simply a gag writer but a true comedian." Christopher Byrne, Gay City News "..Woody Allen if he were Catholic and a grandmother."                D.L. Lepidus, Westsider  "The comic timing of a Rolex ...."  Robert Kent, Next Magazine "....she owes a major debt to Richard Pryor. ........ Candaras’ hard driving approach does that influence credit."                           Jonathan Warman, HX "....stand-up that’s all grown-up."  Kessa DeSantis, ELJ.com

2001 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL Four Stars **** THE LIST   "Her material on authority is superb.." Chris Wilson, The Stage "Candaras’ age and gender give her a usually unvoiced perspective of why men are from Mars and women have seen us coming." Jonathan Trew, Scotland on Sunday "A winning string of tales and reflections ..... always candid ....." Mark Monhahan, The Telegraph "......GRANDMOTHERF***ER bristles with the kind of lines Damon Runyon would have been proud of....."   Tim Abrams, The List