
2017 Archives
Sun 20 August 2017


Hope she doesn't bomb...
Angela Barnes to gig in a nuclear bunker
20/08/2017 … Some Edinburgh Fringe venues might have the feel of an apocalyptic nuclear bunker… now Angela Barnes is to perform in one for real.

Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
20/08/2017 … My! Joseph Morpurgo’s Fringe show is almost as ambitious as the nine-hour, multi-venue, multi-lingual one-man production of Frankenstein that it’s supposed…

Awards rain down on the Kagools
Comedy duo take Amused Moose title
20/08/2017 … The Kagools have won the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe The double act comprises Claire Ford and Nicola Wilkinson, who performed their first…

Gráinne Maguire: Gráinne with a Fada
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
20/08/2017 … With a gently manic intensity that repels boyfriends and panel show producers, Gráinne Maguire outs herself as a try-hard in her latest hour.

A disCERNing crowd
Pierre Novellie recalls his Unforgettable Five gigs
20/08/2017 … Best gigThis is a first-place tie, I’m afraid, between the following gigs.

Andrew Doyle: Thought Crimes
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
20/08/2017 … Many left-wing comedians are turning on the failings of their own team this Fringe, but few do it as vehemently and eloquently as Andrew Doyle.
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Goodbear [2017]
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
20/08/2017 … Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment have found a comfortable groove with their precision-executed sketch comedy, this effort as subtly well choreographed and classily…