Edinburgh Fringe review: Zoe Lyons, Mustard Cutter
Some comedians like to start their shows at the Fringe with a massive overblown entrance, some like to launch straight into their biggest gag, and some like to talk to the audience and warm the room a little.
And the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees are…
The nominees for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards have been announced.
Edinburgh Fringe review: The Addams Family
Charles Adams first drew the Addams Family as a cartoon strip in the 1940s, following a collaboration with the great fantabulist Ray Bradbury. It seems they have been with us ever since.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Staple/face Are Going Down Fighting
An attention grabbing name: Staple/face – check. Win a coveted award: So You Think That’s Funny? best new sketch act award 2013 – check. A year on, are Staple/face still hitting their check marks?
Edinburgh Fringe review: Lynn Ruth Miller, Granny Gone Wild
Lynn Ruth Miller is a wonderful conundrum. It might be said that she could only exist in Edinburgh except that she has won comedy awards at shows around the world. She is doing two solo shows of singing, gag telling, shpieling,, stripping and flinging sanitary pads into the audience.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
Due to the popularity of shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, short-form improv seems to be a much more common beast at the Fringe than long-form. As standard bearers for the latter, the boys making up Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are a great demonstration of the magic that can only come through long-form improvisation.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Mickey Sharma, Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!
Mickey Sharma tells his 10-strong crowd that he’s just come off several nights of having a full room. The comedown to this size is very obvious in his apparent lack of enthusiasm tonight.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Andrew Bird, Up Against It
Andrew Bird settles into his show immediately with little introduction and faff, content to roll along with the whole hour to deliver laugh after laugh at a steady pace.
