Thursday, August 14, 2014
Pleasance 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 06:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 01:07PM[SHARE]From 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 09:48AM[SHARE]Canons' 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 08:44AM[SHARE]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 08:58AM[SHARE]Voodoo 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 06:10AM[SHARE]Assembly 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 05:01AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 12:43PM[SHARE]Comedy 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 12:13PM[SHARE]Pleasance 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 08:09AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 06:22AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 07:08AM[SHARE]Underbelly 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 06:17AM[SHARE]Edinburgh festival comedians perform their own material, then swap with a counterpart in this appallingly funny innovation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:35AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 10:54AM[SHARE]Confronting race and his own pessimism and neuroses, the standup's rapid-fire set explores how we live now Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 08:26AM[SHARE]Pleasance 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 08:22AM[SHARE]Pleasance Dome, EdinburghNick Mohammed's excitable alter ego stages a musical version of Dracula that is pure knockabout fun Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 10:33AM[SHARE]International 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 s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AM[SHARE]Pleasance 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 07:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 11:55AM[SHARE]Pleasance 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[SHARE]Pleasance 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 06:37AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 02:18PM[SHARE]Is 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 01:29PM[SHARE]Long'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 07:33AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 07:55AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAn endearing Beaumont makes her festival debut with a comedy routine that relies on homely tales and dizzy observations' Lucy Beaumont: are northerners funnier …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AM[SHARE]Assembly 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 07:25AM[SHARE] 
