Jay Foreman: No More Colours
20/08/2013 … Musical comic Jay Foreman is performing at the Pleasance Green, an inflatable igloo, half-filled with beanbags for seating, primarily designed for children’s shows…
2013 Archives
Tue 20 August 2013
Sarah Campbell: Isn't It Fun???
20/08/2013 … It’s never a good sign when you have to fill in paperwork before a show, as it foreshadows the one thing worse than audience participation.
Caroline Hardie: Does My Face Look Big In This
20/08/2013 … Caroline Hardie has an engaging style and smattering of theatrical gimmicks that enliven her stand-up and character comedy hybrid – but even so the hour, entertaining…
Reginald D Hunter: In The Midst of Crackers
20/08/2013 … It sometimes seems as if Reginald D Hunter would be happy to do away with jokes almost altogether, and simply spend an hour spreading his often uncomfortable philosophies…
Sam Fletcher: Drawn-out Jokes
20/08/2013 … Sam Fletcher is a likeable, geeky young man with some good ideas, but unfortunately they don’t hang together quite as well as they should.
Henson Alternative's Puppet Up!
20/08/2013 … Rick Wakeman and The Muppets, together at last! Well, almost.
Henry Paker: Classic Paker
20/08/2013 … Casually debonair, Henry Paker is a performer so polished and smooth that Leslie Phillips might play him in the film, although he doesn’t have the actor’s…
Stupid stunts!
Comic willingly gets a black eye as a PR gimmick
20/08/2013 … Even by the standard of Edinburgh publicity stunts, it’s pretty extreme.