Edinburgh Fringe Comedy

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Gein’s Family Giftshop, Volume 1

Edinburgh Fringe review: Gein’s Family Giftshop, Volume 1

The Pleasance Attic is an intimate little room. Two rows of seating in which the front row audience members sit about a metre or two from the performers in from of them, who are given just a small patch of stage to work with.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Max Dickins, My Groupon Adventure

Edinburgh Fringe review: Max Dickins, My Groupon Adventure

It’s an interesting and eye-catching idea; Max Dickins buys a different activity every week for a year from Groupon, the daily deals company.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Sean Turner, Comedy With A Dyslexic Geordie

Edinburgh Fringe review: Sean Turner, Comedy With A Dyslexic Geordie

Always check the Fringe programme beforehand. Forewarned is forearmed. Sean Turner – “alternative comedy from surreal to observational”, “an energetic show” and “a brooding north-eastern mania”. Good, no mention of the dreaded audience participation.

 Andrew Dipper

Tim Renkow wins Amused Moose Laugh Off 2014

Tim Renkow wins Amused Moose Laugh Off 2014

Tim Renkow has been named the winner of the Amused Moose talent search.

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tom Binns Has Not Been Himself

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tom Binns Has Not Been Himself

Everyone has their own moments of unfiltered madness – an inappropriate comment blurted out at a party, or an insensitive reaction to bad news. For Tom Binns, his “little devil”, as he calls it, pushes him to always look for the funny – and it’s not the appropriate response.

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Alun Cochrane, Me Neither

Edinburgh Fringe review: Alun Cochrane, Me Neither

A packed Stand Comedy Club is the setting for a brilliant hour of stand-up from Edinburgh veteran Alun Cochrane.

 Lorenzo Pacitti

Edinburgh Fringe review: Robin Ince’s Blooming Buzzing Confusion

Edinburgh Fringe review: Robin Ince’s Blooming Buzzing Confusion

For an hour of your time, Robin Ince will give you a crash course in the most sophisticated object in the universe, the human brain.

 Innes McQuillin

Edinburgh Fringe review: Pete Firman, Trickster

Edinburgh Fringe review: Pete Firman, Trickster

The Pleasance is comedy central. With 17 performance spaces dotted around its tight jumble of buildings and courtyards, shows are going on all day, and with the resultant crowds, there’s a huge buzz in the area.

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