Raymond Mearns: Shaggy Dog Stories
01/01/2008 … Raymond Mearns begins his show with a lengthy discussion of every comedian’s fear of dying on their ‘chuff’, but successfully dispels any fear such a thing…
Tue 01 January 2008
Carey Marx: Careyness
01/01/2008 … Carey Marx seems to have an awful lot of people approach him after gigs to complain about his act.
Limmy's Show
01/01/2008 … Despite the millions watching comedy clips online, few comics have figured out how to make money from the web.
AL Kennedy: Present Tense
01/01/2008 … Not wanting to judge by appearances, but a swift glance at the afternoon crowd in A L Kennedy’s show suggests they’re a literary bunch, inevitably intrigued…
Kevin Gildea: Man Of A Million Heads
01/01/2008 … Kevin Gildea is an accomplished circuit act; but it feels as if he’s put little effort into making his hour-long show anything more than an extended club set.
Arnold Brown Presents Happiness: The Search Continues
01/01/2008 … There is some rather neat material in this, Arnold Brown’s 21st Fringe show, but the soporific effect of his distinctively dry Glaswegian monotone ultimately deadens…
Rule of Three: Sketchual Healing
01/01/2008 … What sets a good sketch show apart from the Edinburgh crowd is its personality.
It IS Rocket Science
01/01/2008 … This is a jolly hour of geeky lunchtime fun, part way between the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, QI, Blue Peter and some dodgy Sixties Czechoslovakian children’s…