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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ComedyDavid Morgan: Triple Threat
Kick-starting Triple Threat with audacious flirting and frantic stage-pacing, David Morgan's strengths and weaknesses are contained in the first few minutes ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
ComedyAbigoliah Schamaun: Fabulous Abs
Watching Abigoliah Schamaun, I’m reminded of someone but I can’t quite figure out who. Schamaun is an all American buxom blonde gal, a twisted Ne... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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Jollygoodlarks: How To Make It Huge
Jollygoodlarks have sensed an opportunity in this fame-hungry world and are offering a crash course on achieving superstardom, presented by the very gentrifi... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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Jackson Voorhaar Can’t Play Guitar
He may not be able to play an actual guitar with strings and whatnot, but armed with a modified guitar hero axe, a genial persona and a number of amusing ane... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
ComedyRich Hall
Rich Hall has done well in Britain. The American, writer, playwright and occasional musician has a dry and sarcastic sense of humour that resonates well with... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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Storytellers’ Club
Comedy lends itself well to storytelling; that's what a lot of comedy is. But acts tonight have been told not to worry about being funny, but to focus on the... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011
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ComedyAndy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary
It's amazing how much you can tell from a Fringe show by its audience as you come in. For Zaltzman's show, everyone seemed to be wearing glasses. The couple ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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AAA Batteries (Not Included)
Walking into the gig, two things immediately grab my attention; one, the sheer size of the audience – people are already standing or sitting on the flo... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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Rachel Anderson and Luisa Omielan: All Over Your Face
From the show’s title, I was afraid I was walking into some artificially rude comedy-by-numbers. What a relief to be proven wrong. First act Rachel And... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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David O'Doherty: Rory Sheridan's Tales Of The Antarctica
It takes a few minutes for David O'Doherty to fade away. Playing his first full character piece, there is plenty of O'Doherty silliness in the opening moment... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
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Irish Pick and Micks
Even before it was time to take to the stage, the show’s host Ian Perth had the audience cheering so that it could be heard from downstairs. This, alon... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Rom Com Con with Juliette Burton and Lizzy Mace
There’s a subtle difference between Mace and Burton. Yes, we share the same stage for our show, the same Twitter address, the donations at the end of e... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Tom Goodliffe
I quite enjoy flyering – I don’t get out much – and I particularly enjoy finding different ways to sell the show. If it’s chucking it... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Quattro Formaggio
We are currently in the heady throes of our first Edinburgh and are thus responsible for all of our flyering. At first, our main publicity priority was focus... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
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James Loveridge and Other Losers
Tucked away downstairs in Jekyll and Hyde's, away from the flyer-saturated Old Town, it is easy to miss what may be two of the funniest young comedians at th... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011