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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ComedyDaniel Sloss - Teenage Kicks Comedy Review
When Daniel Sloss wanders onstage all smooth-faced and lank-haired, it’s hard to envisage the elfin lad having anything of the comic clout needed to im... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Shappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist
Shappi Khorsandi comes out bright and cheery, beaming with joy and immediately begins chatting up the front row. She has an easy, charming stage presence whi... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
ComedyPhil Kay - Oh Edinburgh by Becca Pottinger
Phil Kay loves Edinburgh. A lot. Touting two solo shows at this year’s Fringe; one about Auld Reekie and one about London, it’s a pretty safe ass... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
ComedyRhys Darby: It's Rhys Darby Night
There’s a palpable air of dismay amongst the audience when Rhys Darby announces the end of his gig, testimony to the joy-inducing powers of the comic&r... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
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The School for Scandal
Comedians: just wind them up and let them go. Give them a restoration comedy and a dress-up box of wigs, bustles and stripy breeches and you’ve got you... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The Oxford Imps
The swathes of spotty students that run up and down the Royal Mile claiming to be this year’s most original improv group really make you wonder if anyo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009
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Comedy
I like my comedy...with sketches: William Andrews
William Andrews Like some kind of Japanese puzzle, Will Andrews seems to be joining smaller and smaller teams every year. First up we had the phenomenal fou... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Nick Mohammed in Apollo 21
It’s been forty years since man first walked on the moon, surely the glossiest emblem of human achievement to date. Over that time the journey made by ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Stephen Carlin Blows The Lid Off The Whole Filthy Business
Stephen Carlin's Big Thing is that he is apparently one of Stewart Lee's all-time top ten stand-up comedians, a fact that brings with it the surprising impli... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Stephen Hill and Jessica Fostekew
As many Fringe stand-up gigs generally range between ill-informed wannabes and undiscovered gems, when Stephen Hill and Jessica Fostekew bound in to deliver ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Simon Munnery's AGM 09
An early joke in Simon Munnery's set ends with the single word punchline, 'hypnosis' – curiously fitting for a comedian who loves to lead his audience ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
ComedyLewis Schaffer - Bigger and Blacker
Perhaps opening by listing one’s shortfalls in comparison to more established comedians could have been drily amusing, but then I’m sure Lewis Sc... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Chris Cox: Mind Over Patter
We love Cox. Or so the opportunely named ‘mind reader’ guffaws, along with a sprinkling of double entendres perhaps provided to justify the 18+ r... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Stephen K Amos: The Feelgood Factor
The Pleasance Grand is the perfect venue for Stephen K Amos, who eschews the deep and meaningful in favour of just giving us a great night. The venue is larg... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Best of So You Think You're Funny?
‘Best Of’ shows make for PR child’s play. They also make for unnaturally high expectations and, in some cases, potentially disappointing an... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009