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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ComedySarah Kendall: Get Up, Stand Up
From the moment Sarah Kendall steps on stage she owns the sold-out venue, and after a great opening gambit she gets into the flow really quickly. The m... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedyRobin Ince: Happiness Through Science
Robin Ince, staunch supporter of the PBH Free Fringe, brings his Happiness through Science show to the Jam House. This show allows him to celebrate his ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedySean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises
Blue illuminates him as he holds aloft a loaf of bread, and Snow Patrol plays overhead. In a moment he’s sitting at a bedside, ruminating on his father... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Chris Martin: Spot The Difference
There is comedy for all types at this festival and many will definitely love Chris Martin - he’s young, confident, charming and quite good-looking... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart
Richard Tyrone Jones – gym-goer, man about town, sperm donor, performance poet – got heart failure for his 30th birthday. This hour-long show cha... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Damien Crow: The World According to Damien Crow
This is not Damien Crow’s audience. Mid-afternoon, shiny happy people – their mistake at having arrived here is openly noted in some moments of a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012
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Return of The Lumberjacks (Back By Poplar Demand)
An hour and a half of three incredible comedians each at the top of their game, and a surprise special guest who turns out to be Mick Foley; what more could ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Phil Nichol: RANTS!
For a man who is apparently furious about pretty much everything, Phil Nichol sure is a lovely bloke. This is his first sell-out night and he’s thrille... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedyFolken Britain
When Susan Harrison takes on a new persona she does so with her whole body – she seems to shrink and stretch before our eyes – transforming and t... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Genevieve Swallow is Sharing
Swallow’s entire routine is based on her flatmate and house sharing tales – like a less funny version of the Australian autobiographical novel He... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Benny Boot: Def-Con 4
Tall and gangly, Benny Boot wraps himself around the mic stand like an awkward teenager, nervously laughs after many of his silly and weird one-liners and le... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedyDavid Trent: Spontaneous Comedian
Everything object in David Trent's show is labelled. This is a screen. This is a projector. And so on. As a result, when Trent bursts into the stage to expla... Read more »| 14 Aug 2012 -
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The Super Serious Show
Deep in the back corner of the George Square Gardens a wonderful circus style tent called the Bosco hosts The Super Serious Show, a multi-act line up that ha... Read more »| 14 Aug 2012 -
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Lou Sanders: And Now For A Nice Evening With Wallan
Lou Sanders is mental. In the same kind of way that the likes of Tim & Eric are mental though; it might not always make sense, but it’s an exceptio... Read more »| 14 Aug 2012 -
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Seymour Mace: Squeg
Seymour Mace decided a while back he didn't like doing comedy as a job. He wanted to get back to his roots of just being funny for the sake of being funny, s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2012