Edinburgh Fringe review: Kerry Godliman, Face Time
It’s perhaps understandable that the audience demographic largely reflected the performer. Female/age 40 + or – 5. But here’s a funny thing. Not only would women in other age groups find Kerry Godliman hilarious, even men would get the joke.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Lost Voice Guy, Laughter Is The Worst Medicine
We talk about comedians needing to ‘find their voice’ fairly often in reviews, but rarely mean it literally. In the case of Lee Ridley – a.k.a Lost Voice Guy – he found his with the help of an iPad after losing his ability to speak when he was a child.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Kai Humphries, Stuff Protocol
There’s a genuinely interesting section in Kai Humphries’ show where we’re encouraged to shout of the names of rappers.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Axis Of Awesome, Vida Loca Las Vegas
Aussie musical trio Axis Of Awesome are full blown YouTube stars and they make no pretenses about where a good chunk of their audience is coming from – but their consistently excellent live shows have earned them a following away from the web.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Tom Deacon, Get Your Deac-on!
Tom Deacon, not long back from a presenting gig at the World Cup in Brazil, has pulled in a good crowd, in a good room in a good, centrally-located venue. It all sounds good: and good is exactly how it turned out.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Tom Allen, Life/Style
For the avoidance of doubt, the show is about Tom Allen. His life. His style. He’s a gay man. He’s a camp comedian. He’s hugely funny. Deal with it.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Ed Gamble, Gambletron 5000
Ed Gamble is a very funny man, something that becomes obvious about five minutes into his extremely lively show when a girl sitting on a tall bench at the back of the venue laughs so hard at one of his jokes that she actually falls off her seat. Now that’s comedy.
Edinburgh Fringe review: I Killed Rasputin
Like legendary Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, Richard Herring’s sixth foray into theatre is an enigmatic beast.