Comedy
Here is your roadmap to roaring laughter at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We bring you Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews and previews.
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ComedySam Simmons – Meanwhile
The twisted imaginative visions of Sam Simmons really deserve better than to be undercut by a drunken stag do. His performance tonight is to be commended for... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyNathan Phillips: Sex You (I'm Gonna)
New York pick-up artist Nathan Phillips is going to seduce his audience. And then have sex with them. On stage. Except of course he's totally not. Phillips ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyJerry Sadowitz: Comedian. Magician. Psychopath.
How do you solve a problem like Jerry Sadowitz? 26 years on he's still calling everything and everyone a fucking cunt. Political correctness has passed him b... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyWho is Jean? Go the Distance
It's always a bad sign when a trendy young sketch troupe is unable to fill its own free, hand-drawn zine, handed out to the audience upon entry. Certainly, i... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyCome Flyer With Me: Dead Cat Bounce
Before we became the global comedy rock sensation that is Dead Cat Bounce we were part of a larger, student comedy group called H-BAM. (An acronym for How Ba... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyThe Tim Vine Chat Show
Audience participation is not for every comedian. Remembering material is difficult enough without inviting strangers in on the act. However Tim Vine, a form... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011
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ComedyCome Flyer With Me: Martin Mor
August in Edinburgh and the war on the trees has begun. Every room has a show in it, every show has a flyer advertising the show, and every show has a team o... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyCome Flyer With Me: Casual Violence
Returning to the Mile to flyer with Casual Violence! is a daunting prospect. Having an eight-strong flyering team sounds good on paper, but our group’s... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyCasual Violence: Choose Death
Gloriously bleak and black, this is a weird and wonderful show more reminiscent of things like Charles Addams and Edward Gorey comic strips than any of Casua... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedySally-Anne Hayward: Don't Judge Me
This slot (midday) is is one of the toughest at the Fringe and the audience for this show are outnumbered by venue staff, but Sally-Ann Hayward rocks on like... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyMick Sergeant: Mid-life Crisis - Live!
Lee Fenwick's alter-ego, unemployed Geordie shipbuilder Mick Sergeant, has been a hit at previous Fringes. Mixing dark humour with genuine sadness, he is the... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyComic v Comic: Richard & Matt
Richard Herring imparts words of wisdom to solo first-timer Matt Forde. Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedySteve Gribbin: Laugh At First Sight
A long and eventful career in comedy is reminisced about in Steve Gribbin's Laugh At First Sight, starting with how his dad's deadpan wit inspired his intere... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyRaymond Mearns: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Stress...
Raymond Mearns restores a bit of Scottish pride to a city overrun by Londoners in front of an adoring home crowd tonight. With absolutely no attempt to tempe... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyLee Camp: Yet Another American Mistake
He's American, he's political, he's inevitably going to be compared to Bill Hicks. Actually, Lee Camp is more like Richard Herring with a dash of Jon Stewart... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011