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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Comedy
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 -
ComedySusan 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 -
ComedyMarcus 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 -
ComedyDavid 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 -
ComedyFrisky 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
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Amazing 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 -
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Simon Amstell: Do Nothing
Amstell’s live show is a far cry from the taunting wit that pervades his television persona. A self-deprecating, intimate set mines the human condition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Reginald D Hunter: The Only Apple in the Garden of Eden and Niggas
Another year and another tenacious title. Not one to shy from controversy, Reginald D Hunter rather courts it, woos it and tries to stick his finger up its b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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A-Team - the musical
A-Team the Musical is better than you think it’s going to be. You’ve got all your classic A-Team elements in glorious cartoon extravagance. Cue ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Alexis Dubus: A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing
Gleefully encouraging his 5 o’clock crowd to cry out their favourite swearwords, Alexis Dubus opens A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing to his sniggering... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
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The Accidental Dog Detective
What on earth is going on? A crowd of people are gathered around a make shift puppet theatre to see a dog seduced by a poodle and a man who thinks he’... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009