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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ComedyVladimir 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 -
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 -
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Chris 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