Comedy
The Skinny guide to the stand-up comedy shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Exclusive previews and interviews with some of the country's best new comedians, plus stand-up comedy reviews, comedy features, and extensive coverage of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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FestivalsWhich One's Fergal?
On stage, there is a man wearing an ostentatious hoodie and a baseball cap with ‘Skillz’ sharpied on, talking in a Brummie accent and claiming to... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsEster and Son: Happiness
Ester And Son. Esther Rantzen. That slightly lame joke is part of a cunning disguise, intended to make you think you're watching a shambles when you're actua... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsCaroline Mabey: One Minute Silence
Right from the off, Caroline Mabey wants you to feel part of the show. She greets each of us individually as we enter and welcomes us to her training course,... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Phill Jupitus: Stand Down
It's a Fringe tradition, seeing a big TV name attempt to 'return to their standup roots' only to die on their hole night after night, leaving their audience ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsAbie Philbin Bowman: Pope Benedict, Bond Villain
Abie Philbin Bowman nods humbly to two inspirations: the Marxist peasant in Monty Python & The Holy Grail; and his own sister, an 'emotional ninja' and s... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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The Bitch Doctors
The premise for The Bitch Doctors is a pretty slack one. As the audience enters they’re given a slip of paper on which to write their ‘problem.&... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011
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Todd Barry: American Hot
Todd Barry is a softly-spoken, deadpan American comic and his style this afternoon is mirrored by his audience. Perhaps too used to playing larger club ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Interview: Neil Hamburger
America’s funnyman Neil Hamburger, has been in the biz’ for over twenty years playing to sellout crowds, and opening for bands like Faith No More... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Guide
Pick of the Fringe, 12th Aug
Running three times a day throughout the festival, with a different line-up each time, Laughing Horse’s Pick of the Fringe is a great way to sample a v... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Tom Bell: Tom Bell Begins
Tom Bell's journey from an obscure village near Nottingham to his life as a London-based stand up is framed by the hallmarks of a Hollywood thriller in this ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Wendy Wason's Flashbacks
Heavily pregnant Wendy Wason's show is quite cleverly conceived (no pun intended). She looks back at incidents that have shaped her life thus far and there's... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Chris Coxen: Space Clone Audition
Chris Coxen might well be a genius, but you wouldn't guess from the reaction of this early-afternoon audience. The biggest laughs come from compere Tom Webb ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Super Crazy Fun Fun
Awkwardly claiming through their audience to reach the stage and then discussing as to who should open the show, it feels as if Super Crazy Fun Fun were stil... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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The Lunchtime Club 2011
Consisting of five comics dealing in observational, political and surreal material, The Lunchtime Club 2011 is too long (90 minutes) and lacks direction... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Indoor Fox Hunting
I don’t think there is a reliable correlation between the quality of an act and their intro music, but for Joe Munrow’s Indoor Fox Hunting, the i... Read more »| 21 Aug 2011