2009 Archives
Tue 01 September 2009
Fringe spirit is in the pink
Katie Duce on Edinburgh's most esoteric venue
01/09/2009 … I’m no fan of barbershop quartets, nor of wacky people shoving fliers with dubious quotes in my face, but when it comes to Edinburgh, it’s all in the spirit…
Record year for Fringe
01/09/2009 … The Edinburgh Fringe has had a record-breaking year with box office numbers up 21 per cent on 2008.
Stewart Lee – Original Review
01/09/2009 … First and foremost, Lee is probably the finest comedy technician in Britain, with every agonising, tantalising pause in his uniquely deadpan delivery finding its…
Rainer Hersch – Original Review
01/09/2009 … Yet another one of those half-deaf, half-German classical music experts that the comedy scene's so full of, Hersch's forte is, understandably, his specialist knowledge.
Late Night Gimp Fight – Fringe 2009
01/09/2009 … These gimps may very well want to keep their faces covered after some of the sketches in a show that’s lively, noisy, boisterous – but rarely as inventive as…
John Hegley: The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet – Fringe 2009
01/09/2009 … Not many shows feature family-friendly singalongs and jaunty poetry as well as references to Max Beckmann, Mark Rothko and Georges Braque; but then few performers…
Bourgeois & Maurice: Social Work – Fringe 2009
01/09/2009 … Extravagant outfits, six-inch stilettos and make-up just as deep and a bitchily superior wit; Bourgeois and Maurice tick all the boxes for camp cabaret success.