Festivals
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Edinburgh Fringe
The Jonny and Joe Show
To describe this show as free-form comedy would suggest it has at least some kind of form. It doesn’t. Not that that’s a bad thing - it&rsq... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular
Few things inspire the sort of collective dread that musical comedy does. As any festival veteran knows, it can provide the filling to the most offensively a... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pajama Men: Versus vs. Versus
The only easy thing to say about the Pajama Men is this: they take their name from the fact that they perform in pajamas. The sort you buy in early middle ag... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Aliens Ate My Schnitzel
Sketch comedy is a genre that has transferred to the televisual medium with considerably more success than the more orthodox stand-up. It is not hard to see ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Americans
It is perhaps unsurprising, following eight years of the Bush administration, that so little political satire is on offer from American comics at this year&r... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andy Zaltzman boldly unbuttons the cloak of civilisation, but is perplexed and perturbed by what he finds lurking beneath
A clownish purveyor of faintly titillating doom and gloom, Andy Zaltzman operates in the mould of pamphleteering political comedy. He has a simple routine: i... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Alex Horne: Wordwatching
Alex Horne is a man of many projects. His latest, which he explores in this entertaining and stimulating show, concerns neologisms: that is words, meanings, ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ginger & Black
It seems like the word is already out on Ginger & Black. Thanks perhaps to recent appearances on E4 and BBC3, as well as supporting Simon Amstell on tour... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams
Any pretensions the audience hold that Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams might be as quaint and jolly as the name suggests is ruthlessly dismissed with the hea... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeWatson & Oliver
With two sell out Fringe shows under their belts and an army of disillusioned French & Saunders fans praising their every comic suggestion, Watson & ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeNick Doody: Tour of Doody
Scenes of global horror flash before the eyes of the audience, while correspondingly dramatic music blares from the speakers. Suddenly a manically grinning K... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringePot Noodle: The Musical
It is a truth not always universally acknowledged that it is possible for a musical to be drivel even if it is based on a work of Shakespeare. Pot Noodle&mda... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Tonkinson
Unlike a lot of bitter-and-twisted comics stomping and sulking their way through the Fringe, Paul Tonkinson is one of a rare breed that appears to like what ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Badly Ranted Thoughts via the Magic of Song
So, you want your own show at the Edinburgh Fringe? But you haven’t got any actual skills? Not a problem. Dr. CocacolaMcDonalds is here to help. First... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Emigrants
It’s not often that you see a performer embrace a critic like a member of the family, but this is exactly what happens at the beginning of Emigrants, d... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008