Ali Cook: Principles and Deceptions
22/08/2011 … Ali Cook has some pretty spectacular tricks, but he wears them very lightly, letting the deception speak for itself, rather than surrounding it in Vegas-style glitz.
2011 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 22 August 2011
Neil Hamburger: Discounted Entertainer
22/08/2011 … Whhhhaaaat do you call a sack of human phlegm leaking putrid bile over an Edinburgh car park? Miiiiister Neil Hamburger!It’s one-liners in that style – more…
Mary Bourke: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
22/08/2011 … There are so many beautifully crafted turns of phrase in Mary Bourke's show that there really should be a massive queue jostling to get into this tiny, out-of-the…
Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence
22/08/2011 … This is an excellent hour with a mix of thoughtful themes, social observation, chirpy smut and personal warmth.
Mark Nelson: Guilty Pleasures
22/08/2011 … Describing the White Belly venue as somewhere that Hitler would have come to die, Scottish, Glasgow-dwelling, comedian Mark Nelson gets off to a quick start with…
Sun 21 August 2011
James Acaster: Amongst Other Things
21/08/2011 … 'Is this a dream?' James Acaster asks himself after being presented with the most bizarre audience interactions this Fringe.
Matt Green: Too Much Information
21/08/2011 … Matt Green's shtick always used to be that he looked younger than he was, but he's probably become bored with it, as he doesn't mention it during this show.
Ava Vidal: The Hardest Word
21/08/2011 … As Ava Vidal acknowledges herself, she's been criticised in recent reviews for talking about race again.