Edinburgh Fringe 2014 Comedy Reviews

All of our 2014 Edinburgh Fringe reviews in one place – a look at the best, the worst and everything in between at the biggest arts festival in the world.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Kerry Godliman, Face Time

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.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Lost Voice Guy, Laughter Is The Worst Medicine

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.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Kai Humphries, Stuff Protocol

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.

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Axis Of Awesome, Vida Loca Las Vegas

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.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tom Deacon, Get Your Deac-on!

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.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tom Allen, Life/Style

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.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Ed Gamble, Gambletron 5000

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.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: I Killed Rasputin

Edinburgh Fringe review: I Killed Rasputin

Like legendary Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, Richard Herring’s sixth foray into theatre is an enigmatic beast.

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