Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Louder Than Words...
21/08/2016 … Pretentious hipsters bear the brunt of quite a lot of gags this Fringe, quite reasonably, you might argue.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 21 August 2016
Peter Brush: Dreams With Advert Breaks
21/08/2016 … Reviewers always mention Peter Brush’s lack of obvious confidence on stage, suggesting he never looks like he should be there.
Mark Watson: I'm Not Here
21/08/2016 … I would never have had Mark Watson down as the sort of comedian who’d put his name in neon lights on the stage.
Scott Agnew: I’ve Snapped My Banjo String, Let’s Just Talk
21/08/2016 … There’s a lot of choking, wheezing, snorting and tears in Scott Agnew’s show; that’s the audience in fits of laughter from the start.
Vir Das: Unbelievable
21/08/2016 … Vir Das has to start his show by pointing out that his Indian accent is real – that it’s not a character or an impersonation of his parents.
Harriet Kemsley: The Girl On The Wrong Train
21/08/2016 … Increasingly assured in her manic nerviness and childlike excitability, Harriet Kemsley has cemented her persona, channelling her gushing delivery and sporadic indiscreet…
Ari Shaffir: Ari S-P-E-C-T
21/08/2016 … About 45 minutes in to his show Ari Shaffir announces that since the comedian on in the Hive after him is having a day off, he’s just going to go ahead and do…
Tim Renkow: King Of The Tramps
21/08/2016 … Tim Renkow and the grubby nightclub setting of The Hive seem like a very apt pairing.