Monday, August 18, 2014
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCitizen Dane is a show about cultural identity that just about transcends its formula through some fresh insights Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMSunday, August 17, 2014
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis sketch trio fling themselves at their material and, at their anarchic best, recall the Dangerous Brothers Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRanganathan has plenty to say about veganism, choosing schools and interracial relationships, but this is an uneven hour of comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMPleasance CourtyardThe timing is spot on and the writing never falters as Acaster plays an undercover cop posing as a comic James Acaster: 'Normal people perv solo' Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AMFriday, August 15, 2014
Do you like belly laughs, or does giggling 'contaminate the aesthetic experience'? Academic research finds audiences torn betweeen low and high culture Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PMAssembly George Square, EdinburghFrom sperm selection to sexual anthropology to dating woes, a super-entertaining Pascoe gets personal Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMThursday, August 14, 2014
Venue 150 @ EICCUnderstandably adored by her teenage following, the YouTube phenomenon has work to do to win a wider audience Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMcQueen recasts his show as an aggressive confessional, railing against his disapproving dad and even smoking out the Guardian critic, to leave the room crackli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBoasting technical flair and a precocious authority, Edelman's comedy manages to capture the voice of Generation Y Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMFrom throwing fruit in sports challenges to circus escapology, comedy lovers are keen to watch standups do just about anything Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMCanons' Gait, EdinburghAids: A Survivor's Story evokes its era, the 80s, but Howie's frustrating diffidence means he fails to sell his material Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44AMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Comics generally dread the 'bucket speech' the coda to their act reminding the audience that payment would be welcome but does it introduce a welcome note of humility to proceedings? Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMVoodoo RoomsLast year's best newcomer gives his signature sadsack a promising meta-comedy workout, but his set ends all too soon Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:10AMAssembly Rooms, EdinburghThe spiky Irish comic adds much-needed political bite to this year's fringe with a tenacious show that pulls apart the arguments over Scotland's imminent referendum …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01AMMonday, August 11, 2014
Just the Tonic at the Mash HouseMighty Boosh comparisons in tow, LetLuce's surreal storytelling complete with pink pantomime horse conjures some vividly ridiculous moments Continue reading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMComedy critic Brian Logan can chart his life in Edinburgh fringe visits. So what stands out for him at this years festival? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PMPleasance Dome, EdinburghMorpurgo delivers a highly energetic performance, but his true brilliance is cowed under the weight of outlandish tangents Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMSunday, August 10, 2014
Laughing Horse @ the Cellar Monkey, EdinburghThe Yorkshire standup's free show Capitalism is an extraordinary cri de coeur about the shallowness of modern life Liam Williams: 'I've had nervo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMSaturday, August 9, 2014
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBestiality, masturbation and dead grans make for merciless subject matter but this Manchester trio's terrific timing ensures this is a strong fringe debut Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AMUnderbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghThere's a lot of love in the room as the Whose Line Is It ? old-timers breeze through an extended version of the TV format Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:17AMEdinburgh festival comedians perform their own material, then swap with a counterpart in this appallingly funny innovation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:35AMFriday, August 8, 2014
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghWith digs at her famous dad, Cleese's LA gold-digger persona stays provocatively on the right side of caricature Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMConfronting race and his own pessimism and neuroses, the standup's rapid-fire set explores how we live now Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMThursday, August 7, 2014
From solo shows to improv and double acts why Lloyd is the face and the future of the fringe Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Daykin's tour Stephen King territory with this somewhat OTT sketch comedy about psychosis and sisterly resentment Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghNick Mohammed's excitable alter ego stages a musical version of Dracula that is pure knockabout fun Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghChristie shines with a new standup show that marries clownish self-satire with a passionate feminist call to arms Mark Lawson: Bridget Christie's Edinburgh fringe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMInternational standups performed at an Edinburgh fringe gig compered by Izzard but the language barrier and cultural differences compromised their sets Où est le punchline? Standup in a sec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis sprightly hour from the ex-Footlights twosome threatens, before falling a little short, to be very good indeed Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMTuesday, August 5, 2014
At Edinburgh, newsworthiness and cultural clout get mashed together. Sometimes it works. For Joshua Ladgrove's thinner-than-thin imitation of Christ, it doesn't Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghThe standup spices his story of moving east and teaching himself Mandarin with breathless skits about his job as a greeter and his appearance on the Chinese Take Me …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AM 
