Comedy
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Comedy
The Boy With Tape On His Face @ Gilded Ballooon
There's something slightly disturbing about the Tape on the Boy's Face. It makes him look like he's being held hostage, and sometimes you just want to r... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
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Aidan Bishop @ Gilded Balloon
Aidan Bishop has just turned 30 and he's not happy about it: he sees a gulf opening up between himself and today’s young things. Despite the fact he&r... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
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Susan Morrison @ The Stand
It's a refreshing change from visiting comedians' token tartan gags to see a home-grown performer doing largely Scottish material. A regular on the local sce... Read more »| 28 Aug 2010 -
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Imran Yusuf @ Espionage
Here we are at the end of the Fringe, and there are so many acts I meant to see but didn't. I have a 'would like to see' list the length of the Mile. Then a ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2010 -
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Adam Vincent @ Assembly
Adam Vincent's masked, apparently slumbering, presence on the darkened stage as the audience enters lends a feeling on nervous anticipation to this intimate ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2010 -
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James Dowdeswell @ The Stand
I suppose the title would scan even less well, but it was actually Dowdeswell's great-grandfather who was a clown; working with Charlie Chaplin and music hal... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010
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Tim Vine @ The Pleasance
To be clear: Tim Vine isn't cool and he isn't cutting-edge. But his show is so much the better for not even trying. Despite the Fringe's reputation for break... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Greg Davies @ The Pleasance
Rather than a mediocre student joke, the title of this show is a beautifully philosophical moment in Greg Davies' life, and the basis for his first solo ende... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Susan Calman @ Underbelly
As the gathering crowd winds through the Underbelly's stairways and passages, you can't help noticing the eclectic mix of people here to see Susan Calman. He... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Storm Large @ Underbelly
This is a strange one: the show title, its genre, attitude and my own response all being rather difficult to pin down. Storm Large is the (real) name, Crazy ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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It Is Rocket Science V2 @ The Gilded Balloon
Helen Keen's one-woman show about the history of rockets has already been commissioned by the BBC. It's easy to see why. The show is fascinating and hil... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Keith Farnan @ Underbelly
Keith Farnan approaches feminism from the humble perspective of a man who loves women. It's a risky thing to do; after all, who is he, a man, to talk about t... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Nat Luurtsema @ The Pleasance
Nat Luurtsema’s solo Fringe debut is a show of two halves, but boy is the second half worth it. In My Head, I'm A Hero is about being ready for any di... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Nina Conti @ The Pleasance
This year's show from ventriloquist Nina Conti sees her with a handful of puppets, which start out simply until they evolve into her finest creation - Gran. ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Ivor Dembina @ The City Cafe
Here's the thing about Ivor Dembina's new show: it doesn’t exist yet. After spending five years writing his last show, he decided that he’d ask t... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010