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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ComedyRachel Stubbings: Doing It for Himself @ Underbelly, Bristo Square
On entering the room a very friendly usher leads everyone to their seats, offering sweets and making pleasant small talk. The stage set with a pink... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyChris Dangerfield: Sex With Children @ The Hive
Jackanory For Consenting Adults: in keeping with his previous efforts, Dangerfield has gone with the controversial and to his credit has been entirely o... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyMark Watson: Flaws @ Pleasance
Having made his first Fringe appearance ten years ago, Mark Watson is an Edinburgh veteran. This year he’s back with a personal and brilliantly fu... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
VideosCome Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 4
Tom Stade hosts Episode 4 of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. With his co-host Damian Clark, Tom welcomes... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
ComedyPhil Wang: Mellow Yellow @ Pleasance Courtyard
Phil Wang, bespectacled in a striped cardigan, takes to the small, circular rug that is his stage in Pleasance Courtyard’s Bunker 1, and is soon casual... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Lazy Susan: Extreme Humans @ Pleasance THAT
Sketch shows at the Fringe can be a bit like Scottish football supporters’ adaptations of 80s synth pop songs; they’re enjoyable enough but not u... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014
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Reaching Out: Kim Noble connects comedy and isolation
2014 sees the return of Kim Noble, 2009's most talked about performer. We find out what's in store Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Pleasance at 30: The Spirit of the Fringe
Pleasance founder and former director Christopher Richardson sums up the special nature of Edinburgh in August Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Andrew Watts: Feminism for Chaps @ The Counting House
There are many feminists, and Andrew Watts is one of them. He looks like a member of John Major’s cabinet reluctantly sent to address a feminist confer... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Pleasance at 30: Emerging Talent on the Fringe
Now in its tenth year, the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve supports emerging talent with a month-long showcase on the Edinburgh Fringe. This year's batch of comics tell us what they're planning, and what a Pleasance platform means to them Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Backwards Anorak: Winter is Coming @ Gilded Balloon
Every Game of Thrones fan worth their salt will have duh-duh-DUH-duh’d along to its opening credits, so Aussie comedy troupe Backwards Anorak... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Eric Lampaert: Testiculating @ The Counting House
When a show begins before it begins, with spindly kookster Eric Lampaert successfully recreating the iconic Dirty Dancing lift with a punter, it sets the bar... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Josh Ladgrove: Come Heckle Christ @ Pleasance Above
As show titles get ever more confusing, it’s time to give thanks to comic Josh Ladgrove for Come Heckle Christ; a chance to come along, take a pew... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
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Charles Ross: One Man Lord Of The Rings @ Assembly George Square Studios
So we've all got that one mate who's seen Lord of the Rings a few too many times. This show is written and performed by the King of those guys. Coming... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
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Alastair Clark: Vote Russell Brand @ Cabaret Voltaire
Comedy, much like other art forms, tends to disproportionately attract performers from the left of the political spectrum; and Alastair Clark is no exception... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014