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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ComedyThe Silence of the Trams
Save for a mildly derisive ‘promotional video’ opening the confused set, misleadingly titled The Silence of the Trams is distinctly tram-less. In... Read more »| 30 Aug 2009 -
ComedyThe List Operators
This off-kilter two-man show from Australia is one of the unexpected highlights of this year’s Fringe. It’s a surreal sketch show in which Richar... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
ComedyRichard Herring - Hitler Moustache
Last month, some twat from The Guardian wrote about the 'New Offenders' of comedy, citing Richard Herring's show, in which he claims that 'racists have a poi... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Julian Clary: Lord of the Mince Review
Julian Clary glides out onto the Udderbelly stage in a pair of rollerblades dressed in a red tailcoat and top hat, seemingly for the sole purpose of announci... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Angus and Duncan's Teatime Treat
One of them had gone home already so out of 'Angus and Duncan' we just had the latter to lead us through an hour of stand up - instead of Angus we had two gu... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Sketchatron: Nano
Each year's Fringe sees the same question recur: is sketch comedy dead? If this collection of five of the Fringe's leading sketch acts is any guide, the genr... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009
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Comedy
Susan Calman, The Last Woman on Earth
"It’s not that I don’t like men," bellows Susan Calman in the opening five minutes of this show, "it’s just that I find them all utterly re... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar
Brigstocke’s material comes from the big questions about god and religion – and his irritation merrily pokes fun at the hypocrisies and misogynis... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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David O'Doherty: David O'Doh-Party
When David O’ Doherty, armed with his Yamaha Portatone 260, begs the anticipant audience to ‘lower their expectations’, he knows all too we... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Frisky and Mannish's School of Pop Erin McElhiney Review
How to describe Frisky and Mannish? Take some pop songs - the more commercially successful the better - and with your own not inconsiderable keyboard and voc... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
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Felicity Ward's Ugly As A Child Variety Show
Felicity Ward was ugly as a child. She was also intelligent and geeky, and now gives us an account of what it was like for her to be afflicted with all of th... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
ComedyAmazing Adventure Stories of Todd Womack
The bulk of Todd Womack’s material comes from his travels around South America. He has good stories and for the most part they are well told - I find m... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
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Aidan Bishop - No Sissy Stuff at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
Christmas 2007, and good boy Aidan Bishop has just received a present from Santa. It’s Fisher Price’s My First Stand-up Show. Inside, it’s ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Paul Sinha: 39 Years Of Solitude
Paul Sinha is a single, gay, Asian ex GP and comedian. Often being asked what it is like to be all these things understandably drives him nuts, since these a... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Al and Ned's Balding Fringe
Three stars can cover a broad span of ratings opinions and I’d put Al and Ned smack bang in the middle. Not that they are bland though, far from it. Th... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009