Pleasance claims a record year for ticket sales
And Lauren Pattison is their best-reviewed comedian
28/08/2017 … The Pleasance has claimed a record year for ticket sales at the Fringe, with box office takings up five per cent on 2016.
2017 Archives
Mon 28 August 2017
Daniel Nils Roberts: The Causeway
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
28/08/2017 … You cannot accuse Daniel Nils Roberts of picking a hack subject, basing his second Fringe show.
Maria Peters: The Science Of Cringe
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
28/08/2017 … You might think nothing illustrates the concept of cringe better than a socially awkward science teacher recreating an intimate bodily procedure with a banana to…
Maria Shehata: Wisdomless
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
28/08/2017 … Wisdomless is the story of how winsome American comic Maria Shehata moved from Los Angeles to London in the name of love.
Hari Sriskantha: Clown Atlas
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
28/08/2017 … Hari Sriskantha opens with some wry material about mispronunciations of his name, of being mistaken for that other Tamil Sri Lankan stand-up Romesh Ranganathan,…
Tom & Ollie in Wasps
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
28/08/2017 … Tom & Ollie might sound like an educational CBeebies animation, but in fact they are an inventive new sketch duo with a sackful of promise.
Katharine Ferns is in Stitches
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
28/08/2017 … Katharine Ferns is a perky, charismatic performer with an acute sense of irony.
Sun 27 August 2017
Elvis Dead is the comedians' favourite
Mat Ewins and Bob Slayer also take Edinburgh awards
27/08/2017 … Mat Ewins, Rob Kemp and Bob Slayer have won the Comedians’ Choice Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.