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.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Lucy Beaumont, We Can Twerk It Out

Edinburgh Fringe review: Lucy Beaumont, We Can Twerk It Out

Lucy Beaumont’s on stage persona is a perfectly studied parody of a slightly airheaded Hull woman. At least, we assume it’s a parody. If she’s really as airheaded and easily confused as her persona suggests it would fairly hard to get to this stage…or any stage, for that matter.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Carl Hutchinson, Here’s Me Show

Edinburgh Fringe review: Carl Hutchinson, Here’s Me Show

Carl Hutchinson doesn’t tend to get on well with people, a trait he’s exploited in the past to good comic effect. Last year’s show All The Rage detailed his various run ins with members of the public, including those evil people who insist on fully reclining their airline seats.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Katie Mulgrew, Happily Ever After

Edinburgh Fringe review: Katie Mulgrew, Happily Ever After

If the title of Katie Mulgrew’s show didn’t give you enough of a clue as to its theme, she underlines it by bounding onto stage with dyed, bright red hair, a Little Mermaid t-shirt, green leggings and a tiara. If you don’t like Disney films, it might be a good idea to run away now.

 Nic Wright

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tony Law, Enter The Tonezone

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tony Law, Enter The Tonezone

The fact that Tony Law – cultivator of the ridiculous, master of the non-sequitur – has admitted things have gone off the boil a bit, should go some way to describing how bizarre and shambolic his set at The Stand tonight really is.

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Jo Caulfield, Cancel My Subscription

Edinburgh Fringe review: Jo Caulfield, Cancel My Subscription

With biting wit and a razor-sharp tongue, Jo Caulfield’s snarky humour and brash honesty make her a delight to watch.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase

Edinburgh Fringe review: Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase

Here’s good value. A free one-hour show featuring a selection of comedians, top names among them, currently appearing on the Edinburgh Fringe.

 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tommy Rowson, Down And Out In Powys And London

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tommy Rowson, Down And Out In Powys And London

It’s hard to pin down the source of Tommy Rowson’s appeal. Is it the fact that the wry, tattooed comic is a loveable rogue, or the fact he looks a bit like a younger, slightly better looking version of fellow Welshman Rhys Ifans?

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Marcel Lucont Is

Edinburgh Fringe review: Marcel Lucont Is

The most sophisticated man at the Fringe, Marcel Lucont, brings his effortless, peerless and genius talents to the King Dome.

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