Review: Max and Ivan Are…Con Artists – Pleasance Upstairs, Edinburgh.
★★★★★ for Max and Ivan!
View ArticleReview: Jo Caulfield: Thinking Bad Thoughts – The Stand (1), Edinburgh.
★★★★ for Jo Caulfield and her bad thoughts...
View ArticleReview: Wil Hodgson: Kidnapped By Catwoman – The Stand (4), Edinburgh.
★★ for Wil Hodgson: Kidnapped by Catwoman...
View ArticleReview: Abandoman: Party In The Key Of C Major – Pleasance Queen Dome,...
Our third ★★★★★ review of the festival, and it goes to Abandoman...
View ArticleReview: Martin Mor: A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day – The Stand (2), Edinburgh.
Martin Mor gets ★★★★ from Giggle Beats. Adam Mulholland reports...
View ArticleFringe Diaries #3: Silky
It's half one in the early hours of Saturday 12th August. This is my first solo Edinburgh Fringe after nearly eighteen years as a comedian, and it's an alien experience, with as different a frame of...
View ArticleReview: Nick Helm: This Means War! – Pleasance Queen Dome, Edinburgh.
★★★ for Nick Helm's 2012 show, This Means War!
View ArticleReview: The 11 ½ Ill Conceived Shows of Dan Nightingale – Pleasance Jack...
★★★★ for Dan Nightingale.
View ArticleReview: Brendon Burns: Home Stretch, Baby! – Pleasance Ace Dome, Edinburgh.
★★★★ for Brendon Burns in this coming-of-age-esque show...
View ArticleReview: Liam Mullone: A Land Fit For Fuckwits – The Stand (4), Edinburgh
★★★★ for Liam Mullone: A Land Fit For Fuckwits...
View ArticleReview: Al Pitcher: Tiny Triumphs – Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh.
★★★★ for Al Pitcher: Tiny Triumphs...
View ArticleReview: Mary Bourke – Hail Mary! – The Stand (4), Edinburgh.
★★★ for Mary Bourke: Hail Mary!
View ArticleReview: Sean Hughes – Life Becomes Noises – Pleasance Forth, Edinburgh.
★★ for Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises...
View ArticleReview: Yianni: Numb And Number – Canon’s Gait, Edinburgh.
★★★★ for Yianni's free show, Numb and Number...
View ArticleReview: Pappy’s: Last Show Ever – Pleasance Queen Dome, Edinburgh.
Another ★★★★ for Crosby, but this time he's joined by Ben Clark and Tom Parry.
View ArticleReview: Sarah Kendall: Get Up, Stand Up – Pleasance Two, Edinburgh.
If observational stand up is your cup of tea, book a ticket now.
View ArticleReview: Jarred Christmas: Let’s Go Mofo – Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh.
★★★ for Jarred Christmas - but a finale that's almost worth the ticket alone...
View ArticleReview: The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape – Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh.
★★★★★ for The Boy. Jamie Stubbs reports...
View ArticleReview: The Axis of Awesome: Cry Yourself A River – Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh.
Like the sound of The Axis of Awesome? Jamie Stubbs did...
View ArticleFringe Diaries #5: Steve Shanyaski
'If I drink, everything goes tits up. The person I talk about in my set, “Evil Stevie”, is a well-documented fact. Got press in tomorrow? Evil Stevie doesn’t care...'
View ArticleReview: Return of the Lumberjacks – Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
"This is a hugely enjoyable offering from four of comedy’s world-beaters."
View ArticleFringe Diaries #6: Marcus Ryan
"It’s the halfway mark of the festival and I’ve hit the wall," says Marcus Ryan in today's diary.
View ArticleReview: Gavin Webster: Bill Hicks Wasn’t Very Good – The Stand (2), Edinburgh.
"There’s something in the water supply that stokes the ire of Gavin Webster..."
View ArticleReview: The Further Adventures Of…Josh Widdicombe – Pleasance Beneath,...
★★★ for The Further Adventures Of...Josh Widdicombe...
View ArticleReview: Rhys Darby: This Way To Spaceship – Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh.
If you only know Darby from Flight of the Conchords, then this might surprise you.
View ArticleInterview: Stephen Carlin
Rachel Pronger catches up with Carlin after his show, Pandas vs Penguins...
View ArticleReview: Fred MacAulay: Legally Bald 2 – The Stand (3), Edinburgh.
"An hour of comedy that sticks painfully to the beaten track..."
View ArticleReview: Lucy Porter: People Person – The Stand (1), Edinburgh.
"Porter is an experienced performer, her ebullient personality carrying the show."
View ArticleReview: Steve Gribbin – Viva Gribbostania – The Stand (4), Edinburgh.
★★★ for Gribbin: "an enjoyable hour of musical comedy..."
View ArticleReview: Paul McCaffrey: Pills, Thrills and Belly Laughs – Udderbelly Wee Coo,...
★★★ for McCaffrey's attempt to reclaim his youth...
View ArticleReview: Seann Walsh: Seann To Be Wild – Pleasance Beyond, Edinburgh.
With his long, curly locks and two-colour suit, Seann Walsh is dressed for laughs...
View ArticleReview: The Stand Late Show – The Stand (1), Edinburgh.
Adam Mulholland reports on The Stand's Late Show - ft. Tom Stade & more.
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BBC developing new panel show for Richard Herring…
Format borrowed from North East spoof gameshow Fuckwits...
View ArticleRick Shapiro: King of Chaos
"It is hardly a surprise that even Rick Shapiro himself sometimes struggles to describe his own act," writes Rachel Pronger...
View ArticleReview: Markus Birdman – Love, Life and Death – The Stand (2), Edinburgh.
"Material might sound weighty but there’s more than enough folly worked into proceedings..."
View ArticleReview: Ro Campbell – Midnight Meltdown – The Stand (2), Edinburgh.
★★★★ for Ro Campbell. Adam Mulholland reports...
View ArticleReview: Grainne Maguire – Where are All the Fun Places? – Udderbelly Daisy,...
"A feel good, big-knickers approach to comedy." Susan Ford reports.
View ArticleFringe Diaries #7: Mace and Burton
Mace and Burton write their final Fringe Diary for Giggle Beats. Enjoy.
View ArticleReview: Bob Doolally’s Euro Crisis – The Stand (3), Edinburgh.
★★ for Paul Sneddon’s football themed character comedy show...
View ArticleReview: Elis James: Speaking As A Mother – Pleasance Baby Grand, Edinburgh.
★★★★ for Elis James.
View ArticleReview: Bec Hill is More Afraid of You Than You Are of Her – Gilded Balloon,...
"The sheer likeability that surrounds Hill means that she wiill always have the crowd on side."
View ArticleReview: James Acaster – Prompt – Pleasance Baby Grand, Edinburgh.
"K-TO-THE-E-TO-THE-T-TO-THE-T-TO-THE-E-TO-THE-R-TO-THE-I-TO-THE-N-TO-THE-G"
View ArticleReview: Newcastle University Comedy Society Showcase – Buffs Club, Edinburgh.
★★★★ for these promising North East acts...
View ArticleReview: Mae Martin: Mae Day – The Caves, Edinburgh.
"A thoroughly entertaining hour." Adam Mulholland has all the info.
View ArticleReview: Phil Nichol: Rants – Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
"Frothy-mouthed tirades are what Nichol delivers in this tough-to-like hour of stand-up."
View ArticleReview: The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Boo Lingerie – Gilded...
★★★★ for The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre.
View ArticleReview: Back to the Future: The Pantomime – Augustine’s, Edinburgh
Let’s cut to the chase. Back to the Future: The Pantomime is not particularly good.
View ArticleReview: Phill Jupitus: You’re Probably Wondering Why I Asked You Here – The...
★★★★ for Phill Jupitus at The Stand.
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