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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ComedyMax Dickins: Dear Ray
The love tribulations of an older gent, a sprinkling of self-deprecation, a touch of characterisation – all these intertwine to make up the show. It&rs... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
ComedyJacob Edwards: Faux Latino Show Pony
Fans of The Sunday Defensive will be pleased to hear that despite devouring an entire block of Red Leicester daily in Fringe 2010, Jacob Edwards isn’t ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
ComedyBridget Christie: A Bic for Her
Bridget Christie bounces on stage with the enthusiasm of a puppy let loose in a box of bubble wrap. Explicitly billed as a feminist comedy gig starting at 11... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
ComedyJohn Robertson: The Dark Room
John Robertson may look like a police composite of a serial killer, but he is so God-damn adorable you'll easily forget he probably knows how to fit one hitc... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!
2013 is already being celebrated as the year of feminist comedy. And that's not a surprise, given how our cultural dialogue has changed and your average Whit... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Festival Of The Spoken Nerd
The geeks have inherited the earth and never before has there been a better time to do a show about physics and Excel. Festival of the Spoken Nerd, starring ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013
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Comedy
Thrice
Nathan Dean Williams was last seen in Edinburgh in 2011 with his ferocious, malevolent series of sketches, The Banquet. This time he's roped in regular colla... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo!
Comedy bingo sounds like fun – something different for a night out. Horse and Louis themselves are perfectly amiable, both as hosts and comperes a... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Tommy Rowson: One Piece At a Time
Tommy Rowson mixes autobiographical material with observational comedy and fictional embellishments, all delivered with wry Welsh charm. A BBC New Comedy fin... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
ComedyDan Cook: Community Service
Easily the most exuberant member of one-time sketch group, Delete the Banjax, Dan Cook is here on Community Service. Feeling the punitive downside of lobbing... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Edward Aczel: Edward Aczel Lives in a Meaningless Shed
Edward Aczel Lives in a Meaningless Shed is a resounding failure. Sadly, he falls short of bombastic claims his show contains nothing worthy of even a titter... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Pete Cain: Everybody Out!
Pete offers a bold solution to problems currently blighting the UK due to, as he puts it, there simply being too many of us. He wants all of us out and for p... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Bruce Fummey - My Afro Celtic Angst @ Laughing Horse Comedy
For about an hour, Bruce Fummey lets the audience in on an experience not many have lived through—growing up as pretty much the only mixed-race ki... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Rob Lloyd: Who, Me?
First up, David Tennant, if you're reading this, you look exactly like Rob Lloyd! It's time to gather round and release your inner geek. Put your inhibition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman
John Williams wants to dispel a myth – having an autistic child does not necessarily mean you've got a secret genius on your hands. His 11-year-old son... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013