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
Come Flyer With Me: Imran Yusuf
I've never been a big fan of flyering, it can get pretty boring standing around in the rain all day. But you have to do it when you're starting out. Myself ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Pistol & Jack
A cunning scheme I've used for getting attention is to promote myself as being for sale instead of the show. Flyers cost a lot of money. To save on printing... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Ro Campbell
I'm going to be more selective with who I flyer this year. In the past I used to give them to anybody. Once, I saw a guy who was totally passed out in the st... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011 -
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Doug Segal: I Know What You're Thinking
Expectations at a free shows tend to be lowered. At Doug Segal’s Fringe debut, that ‘show us what you’ve got’ sentiment hun... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011 -
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Comic v Comic: Martin and John
Martin Mor tells John Scott of his long-harboured desire to sleep with Woody Allen. Read more »| 07 Aug 2011 -
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Diane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness
As the overblown pomp of Bonnie Tyler's I Need A Hero fades out, Diane Spencer locks into the energetic groove of this distinctive show with immediacy and pa... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011
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Gavin Webster: All Young People Are C**ts
The Fringe presents a problem for working comedians. It's not enough just to be funny, you have to have a show with a theme. Two years ago, Gavin Webster go... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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WitTank
When the three peachy-skinned young men take to the stage, announce their solidly middle class names and start arsing about with a pineapple, my heart sinks ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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Hannah Gadsby: Mrs Chuckles
In an intricately assembled hour of slow-burning mirth, Mrs Chuckles takes in Australian small towns, homophobia and famous last words with an endearing, ram... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Sanderson Jones
I am Sanderson Jones and I will be first comic to try to personally sell all tickets to an Edinburgh show by hand. There are no internet sales, no phone sale... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Neil Delamare
I hate handing out flyers. But still, it is obligatory at a certain stage of your career. It is one of the Edinburgh rules etched into stone somewhere. ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Jen Brister
The key to flyering is this: smile, remain upbeat & don’t be disheartened when someone tells you to take your flyer and shove it horizontally (not ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Steve Gribbin
When you’re out flyering, you are supposed to be relentlessly cheerful, a bit like a cross between a Mormon, a timeshare salesman and an extra from &ld... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: John Robertson
The first time I ever tried to give somebody a flyer, they punched me in the chest. “Hello!” I yelled, “Comedy?!” WHACK! His f... Read more »| 05 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Nathan Phillips
Anyone who hands someone a flyer on the street is dumb. At the Fringe, you need to make every interaction count. Here's some genius tips from a guy with amaz... Read more »| 05 Aug 2011