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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ComedyAndy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire @ The Stand
Satirise This: Zaltzman is well known as one half of the hugely popular podcast duo responsible for The Bugle, here he returns to more familiar territor... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyKatie Mulgrew: Happily Ever After @ Gilded Balloon
Kittens sometimes really are bastards, Darth Vader is a bit of a queen and Disney is much more influential than we give it credit for. These are just three o... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedySophie Willan: Novice Detective @ Zoo
Red and black decorate a retro detective’s office complete with trench coats and an evidence board setting the scene for Sophie Willan’s&nbs... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyI Need a Doctor: The Whosical @ Pleasance Above
This show is reviewed from the vantage point of a seat behind two hardcore Dr Who fans and Frank Skinner. The fact all of them went home reasonably... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
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Vladimir McTavish + Keir McAllister: Aye Right? How No? - The Comedy Countdown to the Referendum @ Assembly Rooms
The problem for any comic trying to joke about the independence referendum is that satire died the moment the deputy leader of Scottish Labour turned up on t... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
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Rachel 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
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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 -
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Mark 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 -
Videos
Come 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 -
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Phil 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