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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ComedyThe Skinny Awards: Shortlist Announced
We’re thrilled to announce that this Thursday 21 August, we will be hosting a Skinny-style knees-up in celebration of the brightest talent on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – this year we launch the first ever Skinny Awards Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 5
Tom Stade hosts Episode 5 (the Film Noir episode) of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. With his co-host Da... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
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Nick Coyle: Double Tribute @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Nick Coyle’s ex-girlfriend Jenny has died (killed by snakes). Her boyfriend Garth has also died (drowned by Russell Crowe), and something’s not q... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
ComedyAnna Emerson: An Evening with Patti DuPont @ St. John's
Indisposed and unable to attend, Hollywood legend Patti DuPont (whose credits would make The Simpsons' Troy McClure proud) has sent her daughter Linda with a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyRyan Coffey: Live and Loud @ Underbelly
Sitting in a damp dark venue in the Cowgate waiting for Ryan Coffey’s Live and Loud to begin, the eight member audience look at each oth... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
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Ellis & Rose: Jim Davidson's Funeral @ Bob & Miss Behave's Bookshop
Here Lies The Fringe: Never has awarding starry-shaped symbols been so difficult or meaningless. There are any number of reasons this could be a one star sho... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014
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Angela Barnes: You Can't Take it With You @ Pleasance Courtyard
Initially, Angela Barnes’ first solo stand-up show has all the hallmarks of your archetypal thirty-something Fringe debutant: single...check. Self-depr... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
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Miles Allen: One Man Breaking Bad @ The Famous Spiegeltent
In a completely packed venue, where people are not only standing at the back but also squeezed into every available nook and cranny, the atmosphere here... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyNish Kumar: Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity @ Pleasance Courtyard
Thought-provoking, funny and rapid-fire, Nish Kumar’s Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity leaves the audience questioning their beliefs... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
ComedyIan Smith: Flappable @ Pleasance Beside
Ian Smith has a long list of things that get right on his tits. Whether it’s people being disgusting on public transport, or having to make suspicious ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
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Andy 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 -
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Katie 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 -
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Sophie 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 -
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I 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