Daniel Simonsen – Original Review
19/08/2008 … Norwegian Daniel Simonsen has a head-start in comedy for his accent alone, the bone-dry, off-kilter Nordic delivery providing a distinctively stilted rhythm to the…
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Tue 19 August 2008
Sun 10 August 2008
Russell Howard – Original Review
10/08/2008 … Russell Howard forcefully grabs the laughs from the get-go and never once releases them from his grip.
Fri 01 August 2008
Seann Walsh – Original Review
01/08/2008 … Although a mere newcomer Brighton-based Seann Walsh’s writing is near-impeccable, his sharp set dense with punchlines, often followed up with cascading taglines…
Daniel Sloss – Original Review
01/08/2008 … At just 17, newcomer Daniel Sloss is limited for sources of material.
Richard Perry – Original Review
01/08/2008 … Brighton-based newcomer Richard Perry offers a jaded delivery of obvious material about cigarette-packed warnings, drugs and the bohemian nature of his home town,…
Josh Widdicombe – Original Review
01/08/2008 … Newcomer Josh Widdicombe can leave the audience behind as he drags out his comic points.
Otis Lee Crenshaw [2008]
01/08/2008 … While Rich Hall is spending the festival coolly reading nuggets of comic insight from his literary endeavours, his alter ago/uncle is sweating in the Pleasance Cabaret…
Jason John Whitehead: The Joker
01/08/2008 … Jason John Whitehead holds no truck with the idea that an Edinburgh show needs a strong theme or message – indeed, he admits he wants his audiences to leave thinking…