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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ComedyLizzy Mace & Juliette Burton: Rom Com Con
Compulsive viewing of rom-coms is a common form of self-harm amongst single women. In this sweet and funny show, Lizzy Mace and Juliette Burton find themselv... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
ComedyMichael J Dolan: Dress To Depress
Michael J Dolan is - whisper it - a lot like Dylan Moran. Such a comparison could be unhelpful to new comics, but there's more to this than Dolan's persona a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
ComedyInterview: Todd Barry
After playing Mickey Rourke's mean boss in The Wrestler, an annoying bongo player on Flight of the Conchords, that guy in Spin City, the other white balding ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
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Steve Day: Run, deaf Boy, Run
Telling the story of a personal feat is a tough call in comedy. Many shows either use it as only as a loose basis around which to hang material, or get so di... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
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The Comedy Zone
The Comedy Zone is a Fringe institution, the longest running showcase on the festival, and this year’s offering brings a mix of quality and substance. Compe... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
ComedyComedy in the Dark
Comedy in the Dark is what it says on the tin. Whilst there’s a little bit of light as acts come on and off stage, the room is pitch dark – trusty helpers ar... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011
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Lights! Camera! Improvise!
There are many comedy improvisation shows at the Fringe, so you would think they each have a USP but, for many, they are defined by their audience. However,... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
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Comedy Mayhem @ Bar 50
Comedy Mayhem is an odd mix of a show, with five amateur comedians finding their feet to varying degrees of success. Forcefully flirtatious (and LOUD) compe... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
ComedyShinoxcy: There's No 'I' In Shinoxcy
This is the kind of show you should watch in your pyjamas while eating cereal. It's like a classic piece of Saturday morning telly: a big, daft, enjoyable me... Read more »| 14 Aug 2011 -
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Nathan Dean Williams Presents... The Buffet
Coulrophobia is the proper name for the fear of clowns. If you're not a sufferer already, ten minutes in the company of Nathan Dean Williams should change th... Read more »| 14 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Shinoxcy
Before we got here flyering seemed like it would be the easiest part of the festival. We’ll just be handing the nice people of Edinburgh lovely pieces ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Jollygoodlarks
"It's our first time up here and flyering seems an art we have yet to master. The art seems simply to involve flyering all day every day always and... Read more »| 14 Aug 2011 -
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Come Flyer With Me: Lee Camp
When I first started comedy in New York City at age 21, I was offered 10 minutes onstage for every hour of flyering in Times Square. We called it "barking." ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2011 -
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Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine & Nat Luurtsema: Jigsaw
Craine, Antopolski & Luurtsema. A comedy fan's dream, a sub-editor's nightmare. They've combined forces to produce Jigsaw, a sketch group that firmly fav... Read more »| 14 Aug 2011 -
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Political Animal
Given the Fringe occurs when the UK's political houses are in recess, comics at The Stand's late night Political Animal wouldn't usually have such a wealth o... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011