Tuesday, 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 10:19AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghThe incongruous leftwing revolutionaries are back with a meek but musically inspired set Jonny and the Baptists v Ukip: aren't there better targets to lampoon? Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMMonday, August 4, 2014
There's a predictable clash of sensitivities at Davidson's Edinburgh show at the Assembly Hall Review of Jim Davidson's Edinburgh show by Brian Logan Jim Davidson's Edinburgh fringe debut 'r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMIs Liam Williams the voice of austere, embittered Britain? Brian Logan meets 'the Philip Larkin of comedy' as his angry new show Capitalism hits the Edinburgh festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PMLong's show about growing older is authentic, revealing and generous of spirit but she still finds the space to mime attacking Nigel Farage with marshmallows Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMSunday, August 3, 2014
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAn endearing Beaumont makes her festival debut with a comedy routine that relies on homely tales and dizzy observations Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAn endearing Beaumont makes her festival debut with a comedy routine that relies on homely tales and dizzy observations• Lucy Beaumont: are northerners funnie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMAssembly Hall, EdinburghDavidson once again defies good taste with a lurid, leering standup routine mainly about "fat birds", fannies and knobs Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMUnderbelly, EdinburghNew Zealander Trygve Wakenshaw, of Squidboy cult fame, takes a skilful tour of an imaginary shape-shifting world Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:53AMSaturday, August 2, 2014
Laughing Horse at the Counting House, EdinburghOmielan balances a sense of her own ridiculousness with heart-and-soul ardour in a standup act thats unlike anything else comedy has to offer C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMThursday, July 31, 2014
Soho theatre, LondonThe American entertains with wind-up one-liners about paedophilia and serial killing, but his noxious pay-offs are surprisingly funny Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AMFriday, July 25, 2014
Increasingly, big-name comedians are swapping the usual standup format for something that seems more intimate, honest and a bit of a get-out Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM 
