Added on August 10, 2014 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Hayley Ellis, We Need To Talk About Kevin

If you’re worried about accidentally booking a book festival ticket instead of an hour of stand up, don’t be.

Added on August 10, 2014 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Martin Mor, [kuh-MEE-dee-uhn]

Gigantic, beardy Northern Irishman Martin Mor looks more like a circus strongman than a comedian, which is perhaps down to the fact he is one. He used to perform in the big top and still offers family circus shows under the name Martin Bigpig.

Added on August 10, 2014 Hilary Wardle

Edinburgh Fringe review: Gavin Webster, A Controversial Title In Order To Sell Tickets

At one point in this extremely funny show, Gavin Webster pauses to let us know what he thinks of comedy journalists. Unsurprisingly, it’s not pretty. In typically vituperative style, he announces that we can’t tell our arses from our elbows. We’re thick. We don’t have a ruddy clue.

Added on August 10, 2014 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Abi Roberts, Twerk in Progress

Speaking about Twerk in Progress to Giggle Beats prior to Edinburgh, Abi Roberts said “I have a mic, a bar stool and water, that’s it.”

Added on August 10, 2014 Andrew Dipper

Lost Voice Guy steps in as fellow Fringe comic takes ill

When Lee Ridley (a.k.a Lost Voice Guy) was rushed to hospital during last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, he nearly died of pneumonia. Yesterday things went full circle when, at The Stand in Edinburgh, Ridley jumped onstage to save the day when fellow comic Martin Mor took ill during his show, [Kuh-MEE-deeunh].

Added on August 10, 2014 Lorenzo Pacitti