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Chris Dangerfield: “Make it funny, and you can say anything”
As frightening as it is to receive a courgette with instructions to go fuck yourself during your first Fringe hour, Chris Dangerfield is braving Auld Reekie ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Paul Vickers: "You can't work out if it's bollocks or amazing"
“I’ve never really seen myself as one particular art form. I’m a bit of an ideas person really, and I didn’t really fully intend to g... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Anil Desai: Another Night at the Movies
There's something different about Anil Desai; he's either one of the most gifted impressionists I've ever seen or his face is channelling some sort of wit... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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The Colour Ham: Seriously Silly
The insuppressible creep of digital convergence is pillaging culture. It’s robbing us of scarcity, and that’s the problem, you see. Things that w... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Rik Carranza: A Wee Bit of Relief
For those living under a rock, what can you tell us about what's happened in the Philippines? Earlier this month, while no stranger to typhoons (there had be... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Opinion: Men Aren't Funny
Okay, here’s a thought: can we stop using the term ‘female comedians’? I see it everywhere, and it’s really starting to grate. This i... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Eric Lampaert: Testiculating @ The Counting House
When a show begins before it begins, with spindly kookster Eric Lampaert successfully recreating the iconic Dirty Dancing lift with a punter, it sets the bar... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Tony Law: Enter the Tonezone @ The Stand, Edinburgh Fringe
For those familiar with Mr. Law’s particularly addictive brand of silliness, Enter the Tonezone may still catch you unawares. On the back of last year&... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Mr. Swallow: The Musical @ Pleasance
Nick Mohammed’s creaton, Mr. Swallow returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, this time in the guise of a hapless musical lead. The show sees the restlessly ca... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Minor Delays @ Gilded Balloon
Despite the name, there's nothing sluggish about Minor Delays. Boasting a notable cast of ex-Footlights and Tealights presidents, the cast of three's cr... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Natasia Demetriou: You'll Never Have All Of Me @ Underbelly
Natasia Demetriou is a plonker. A word she throws around at the top of the show, and after an hour-long sejourn into her wonky brain, it's the inevitable con... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Ian Cognito: Trouble with Comedy
An hour trapped in a room with Ian Cognito is something you won’t forget. He’s probably the most talented stand-up that you’ve never heard ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Carl Donnelly: Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V
Carl Donnelly is pretty unrecognisable; he’s come a long way since I saw him do an open spot in 2005 Fringe. He’s Gok’d himself, amassed a ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Paul Vickers: Twonkeys Blue Cadabra
How deep does the rabbit hole go? Several flights of stairs into the belly of Edinburgh – and that’s just the venue. Pay a visit to Twonkeys Blue... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Josie Long: Let's Go Adventure
Mention Josie Long’s name and you’re likely to be greeted with chirps of approval. She’s arguably the most upbeat comic on the circuit, and... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Nancy Clench: Who is the Yes Queen?
It starts with a shave. Then a spin of a little La Cage Aux Folles to set the mood, before makeup, glitter, the wig and deadly size 12 heels. Nathan Sparling... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Hurricane LOLbag
With calendars worryingly proclaiming it March already, and 2014 inching closer towards those more merciful months of the Scottish year, it’s time agai... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Celtic Connections: Bill Callahan / The Deep Dark Woods / Cath and Phil Tyler @ O2 ABC, 1 February
In contrast to the clockwork brackishness of Saturday night Sauchiehall Street, Celtic Connections winds down with a set from Drag City enigma, Bill Callahan... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Bobby Mair – Obviously Adopted
This is an odd show. From a suitably odd man. Mair wanders on stage embodying the spirit of self-proclaimed scruffy flunkee, looking part-scarecrow, part cra... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Spotlight on... Eleanor Morton
Deftly throwing punchlines and ukulele licks like comedy shuriken, Eleanor Morton is eking out her niche in the Scottish comedy scene. Recently making ... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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John Robertson: The Dark Room @ Underbelly
“Find light switch” “You can’t just find the light switch. You’re in a dark room. You need the light switch to see. Do you see... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Kevin J – The Urban Truth @ The Counting House
Straight from the mean streets of Tottenham High Road, Kevin J is loosing his Fringe virginity in the attic room of Laughing Horse’s Counting House. Th... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Last Ham Standing
Cross-legged on the floor of a sun-lit Dean Village flat, it takes three attempts, and a convoluted two phone set-up to make contact. Despite the billed ease... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Juliette Burton: "It's all about perception"
It’s a rare find on the Fringe: a show with a heart. And not just that – this one’s got soul too. Comic, actress and journalist Juliette Bu... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Kate Smurthwaite: The News at Kate 2013 My Professional Opinion
You have to give the girl some credit; she is slick. She’s clearly at home on the stage, and it shines in her delivery; hardly surprising for someone w... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Pick Me Up
I’ve been thinking about this show rather a lot. In fact, since I first pocketed an austere flyer emblazoned with ‘PICK ME UP’ in unmistaka... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Knightmare Live
Despite a healthy interest in Lego, I’m not a prepubescent boy; the arrival of the 90s and a bodacious rack saw to that. I’ve retired my childhoo... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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David Morgan: Pretty
Having the crowd in fits before the show has even begun is a pretty solid start. Making light of his bijou Underbelly room, Morgan has a giggle and a chinwag... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Jacob Edwards: Faux Latino Show Pony
Fans of The Sunday Defensive will be pleased to hear that despite devouring an entire block of Red Leicester daily in Fringe 2010, Jacob Edwards isn’t ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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What Offends Frankie Boyle?
Frankie Boyle divides comedy fans harder than Moses did the Red Sea; or at least he would, if that wasn’t a totally made-up story in A.D.’s bests... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago