Comedy

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» The Big Quiz with Josie Long

Features, Comedy 22 Aug 2008

Tom Hackett: 1. In astronomy, what are Eris and Makemake? Hmm… It could be new planets, because there’s been new planets and that’s very exciting. But it probably isn’t. New solar syste...

» Sir Barrington Ganch: My Life Is Art

Reviews, Comedy, Theatre 21 Aug 2008

Ben Judge: The funniest thing about Sir Barrington Ganch: My Life is Art is the promtional poster. As far as advertisements go, however it is not an accurate one as the production itself offers few laughs. M...

» Eco-Friendly Jihad

Reviews, Comedy, Theatre 21 Aug 2008

Ben Judge: Looking every inch the former student politician, Adie Philbin Bowman—the creator of Jesus: The Guantanamo years—returns to Edinburgh this year with an hour long lecture-come-stand-up a...

» JL Roberts and Nadia Kamil Present: Wisecrackin' Mindsqueezin' Behemoth

Reviews, Comedy 20 Aug 2008

Ciaran Healy: As a double act Roberts and Kamil are slick and engaging. They combine zany but fiercely intelligent material with endearing stage personas in a potent comedy cocktail. Kamil and Roberts share a ...

» Tea and Cake II: In The Gateau

Reviews, Comedy 18 Aug 2008

Oliver Farrimond: Talk about kicking someone when they're down. If there were any more cheap shots directed at mime artists in this show it'd be almost worth the ticket price which, incidentally, is more than anyone...

» Apes Like Me

Reviews, Comedy 18 Aug 2008

Tom Crookston: Half way through Kate Smurthwaite’s Apes Like Me we reach what ought to be an absolutely earth-shaking moment. It speaks volumes about the show that, in the moments following her announcement...

» Clarkson & Crouch: Away with the Fairies

Reviews, Comedy 18 Aug 2008

Chris McCall: Clarkson & Crouch, despite their show titles, are certainly not away with the fairies. They might have vivid imaginations, and appear to be a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic, but their c...

» The Return of the Scottish Falcetto Sock Puppet Theatre

Reviews, Comedy 18 Aug 2008

Jasper Jackson: Watching a man's hand inside a sock pretend to play a guitar which he calls "Vicky the technician" is quite surreal. That he is singing a song called 'I'm a Sock' with his "co-star"—another h...

» Steve Hall: Vice-Captain Loser

Reviews, Comedy 18 Aug 2008

Tom Crookston: Poor Steve Hall. For a start, this show takes its title from a nickname given to him as a child by his own father, “because I wasn’t even the biggest loser around, only the second bigge...

» Louis CK

Reviews, Comedy 18 Aug 2008

Tom Crookston: Louis CK is a wanker. That’s not an insult: he’ll tell you the same thing himself. In fact, over the course of this unpleasant, offensive and excruciatingly funny one-hour set, he frequ...

» Tim MInchin: Ready For This?

Reviews, Comedy, Music 18 Aug 2008

Evan Beswick: Tim Minchin is, by now, somewhat of a rock star. And what goes better with rock stars than nostalgia? Well, here’s a big dose of it: Minchin’s show this year, Ready for This?, just isn&...

» "Fuck with me and you gonna get it!"

Features, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Tom Hackett: Josie Long is very sensitive to criticism. This is a particular issue on the afternoon that I meet her in the cosy bar of Pleasance One, as she has just received a dismissive, two-star review from ...

» Desire: Des Clarke

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Liz Rawlings: Des Clarke didn’t want to be a comedian, he wanted to be a Scottish hero: a footballer or an astronaut. His show focuses on these three dreams, as well other desires he has encountered throug...

» The Balloon Debate

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Lucy Jackson: Gary and Dan are stuck in a hot air balloon on what was supposed to be a date between Gary and his girlfriend Sarah. Sarah, however, has pulled out, apparently to look after her recently dumped gay...

» Graeme Thomas: Who do I Complain to?

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Paris Gourtsoyannis: The introduction to the Stand Fringe programme reads like a French revolutionary slogan – Unity! Quality! Affordability! Like the values of the French Revolution, however, the Stand’s p...

» Luke Toulson: There Are So Many Things I Can't Do

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Frank Lazarski: Luke Toulson doesn’t think very highly of himself. Rejected and disillusioned, he makes clear that he’s the failed middle child with architect siblings. In the small, stagnant Pleasance...

» Andrew Stanley's Comedy Mish Mash

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Oliver Farrimond: Late shows are a tricky phenomenon to judge objectively. Much of their success depends on the audience, and more often than not, their levels of inebriation. Since eleven thirty is a little early t...

» John Gordillo: Divide & Conga

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Evan Beswick: By his own admission, John Gordillo is probably the biggest failure in the room. After setting out to write a show about politics, he has, in fact, written a show entirely about his father. What Go...

» Fool Koller

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Adam Knight: Partway through Eric Koller's physical comedy show, the audience doesn't know whether to admire or fear the wide-mouthed Dutchman. As he dons a wooly rug and adopts the mannerisms of a dog, boundin...

» Kevin Gildea: Man of a Million Heads

Reviews, Comedy 17 Aug 2008

Thomas Kerr: There are only a few certainties at the Festival: venues and pubs will charge twice the normal price for drinks, it will rain for a minimum of 14 days, the only show you want to see will sell out w...

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