Ann Edmonds: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Ann Edmonds has a childlike lack of embarrassment on stage, grinding and pumping for comic effect, lots of babyfaced charm and vulnerability and a cheery determination…
2012 Archives
Thu 09 August 2012
Steve Gribbin: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Edinburgh is not a nice place when wet, and possibly the only place in the world where you can see a man in a wombat suit walking dejectedly up the street.
Grainne Maguire: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Like a lot of young comics, Gráinne Maguire seems so young and physically frail that her command of the stage is quite astounding.
Wed 08 August 2012
From Bill Hicks to Joyce Grenfell
Steve Gribbin picks his comedy favourites
08/08/2012 … Right Said Fred by Bernard CribbinsNotwithstanding the comedy cognoscenti’s habitual condescending sneer, the comedy song can be a wonderful thing, none more so…
Open Mike makes £4million
Boom time for producers of TV stand-up
08/08/2012 … Open Mike, the biggest producer of stand-up shows on TV, has seen its annual profits soar by almost a third in a year, up to more than £4million.
Joan Rivers thrown out of store
08/08/2012 … Police have thrown Joan Rivers out of a Californian store, after she staged a protest over their refusal to stock her book.
Jessica Fostekew: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … Jessica Fostekew is blessed with a compelling voice; you really would listen to her read the phonebook.