John Robins: Skinny Love – Fringe 2009
19/08/2009 … Uncomplicated stand-up sometimes struggles to stand out at the Fringe, with many a strong club act struggling to maintain an audience’s interest over the longer…
2009 Archives
Wed 19 August 2009
Jollie: Abreast Of Culture – Fringe 2009
19/08/2009 … Comedy’s de facto double-act dynamic is of affable bickering between dominant idiot and the fool who gives him status.
Elis James: The Most Cautious Little Boy In Wales – Fringe 2009
19/08/2009 … This could be a very difficult review to write; for when I check back my notes from the show, I find I wrote almost nothing – I’d been far too caught up in…
Danielle Ward: Lies – Fringe 2009
19/08/2009 … Danielle Ward likes the fact that some of her jokes are so obscure or so bleak that only a few people get them.
Tue 18 August 2009
How to get a head in advertising
Comic will shave a slogan in her hair
18/08/2009 … A comedian is selling the back of her head as advertising space.
When laughter isn't the best medicine
Daniel Meyers on the strains of watching comedy at Edinburgh
18/08/2009 … As I write this I am laid up in bed at home.
Pythons reunite for Bafta honour
18/08/2009 … The surviving members of Monty Python are to reunite to receive a special Bafta honouring their outstanding contribution to film and television.