Edinburgh Fringe
Eric and Little Ern, St James TheatreFriday, 19 December 2014![]() The audience for this show could probably be divided into to two camps: those who fondly remember watching Morecambe & Wise on ITV or the BBC, and those who weren't even born when Eric Morecambe died in 1984. The latter group may know the double... Read more... |
Luisa Omielan, Soho TheatreThursday, 25 September 2014![]() Awards are strange things; they can recognise real achievement while at the same time overlook the really talented. Annoyingly, Luisa Omielan fell into the second category with her first two full shows - What Would Beyoncé Do? and its equally joyous... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2014: Circa, BeyondThursday, 28 August 2014Once, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was all about penniless students presenting avant-garde plays to audiences of three in church halls. These people still come, but now they compete for attention with professional production companies who, it’s to... Read more... |
Steen Raskopoulos, Soho TheatreThursday, 28 August 2014![]() Steen Raskopoulos has hit the ground running with his debut show; it was nominated for a Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award (best newcomer) at the Fringe earlier this month, after he won Sydney Comedy Festival 2013 and Melbourne International Comedy... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2014: MurleyDanceThursday, 21 August 2014![]() MurleyDance is something of an oddity in the world of small independent dance companies, in that it proudly wears pointe shoes. Yes, this is – according to its own publicity - the only professional classical ballet company attending the Fringe, and... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe: Andrew Maxwell/ SpoilingSaturday, 09 August 2014![]() Andrew Maxwell (****) tells the Scots in the audience that he’s going to “rip the shit out of everything they hold dear” in Hubble Bubble, his take on the independence referendum. He doesn’t quite do that but it’s a witty and thoughtful take on the... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe: Sarah Kendall/Christian O'ConnellMonday, 04 August 2014![]() Comics rarely start a show by referencing the ending of a previous one, but Sarah Kendall has first to do a bit of housekeeping to explain the genesis of Touchdown. The payoff for her last show was her dropping the c-bomb on her high-school gym... Read more... |
Aisling Bea, Soho TheatreFriday, 31 January 2014![]() Young Irish actress and comic Aisling Bea made a tremendous debut with C'est la Bea at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, where she was deservedly nominated for best newcomer in the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Now she is performing a short run at... Read more... |
Bo Burnham, TouringSunday, 10 November 2013![]() Massachusetts-born Bo Burnham first performed in the UK at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe. The then teenage prodigy, who had come to fame as a YouTube sensation, took the festival by storm and was given the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' panel prize. He hasn't... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: Tig Notaro/Joe LycettSaturday, 24 August 2013![]() Tig Notaro, Gilded Balloon ****“I've been busy. I've been growing my hair out.” Not the the most animated start to an hour of comedy, but that's how American Tig Notaro begins Boyish-Girl Interrupted, one of the most original 60 minutes I've seen at... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: Glenn Wool/ Gary Delaney/ Carl DonnellyTuesday, 20 August 2013![]() Glenn Wool, Assembly George Square ****There are some comics who can always be relied upon to create engaging and funny shows, and the Canadian Glenn Wool is one of them. His comedy appears to be straightforward stand-up – anecdotes are interspersed... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: John Lloyd/ WitTank/ Romesh RanganathanFriday, 16 August 2013![]() John Lloyd, Underbelly Bristo Square **** John Lloyd is a comedy god to any aficionado of the art form. He has written or produced some of the best radio and television comedy of the past 40 years, including (and these are just brief highlights... Read more... |
