Justin Moorhouse: The Boiled Egg On The Beach
23/08/2010 … Comedy club stalwarts taking on Edinburgh often obsess about the themes and messages they think you need to have an acclaimed Fringe show.
2010 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 23 August 2010
Darrin Rose: What's Pot Pourri?
23/08/2010 … Ground remains unbroken as formulaic Canadian stand-up Darrin Rose spends the best part of an hour reinforcing the usual stereotypes of how men are different from…
Cactus: The Seduction
23/08/2010 … Though wonderfully executed, Cactus: The Seduction wears its cleverness rather too prominently on its sleeve, slipping too easily into pretentiousness and too reluctantly…
Laura Solon: The Owl Of Steven
23/08/2010 … If ever a show had Radio 4 written all over it, it’s this one.
Toby
23/08/2010 … There is a lot to love about the debut offering from fresh-faced sisters Sarah and Lizzie Daykin, not least their tense relationship and the awkward, distinctive…
Comedy Bitch: Them Is Us
23/08/2010 … It is infuriating when ‘performers’ – and I use that word in the loosest sense – bring shows to the Fringe with the sole purpose of entertaining themselves,…
Susan Calman: Constantly Seeking Susan
23/08/2010 … As one of Scotland's most respected comedians, star and guest of many a radio show and winner of Best New Comedian in last year’s Scottish Variety Awards, it could…
Andrew Clover: Love Rules
23/08/2010 … Now no longer, sadly, writing his Dad Rules column in the Style section of the Sunday Times – that and the divine Mrs Mills were the only bits worth reading –…