Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh It starts with boundless energy … then gathers momentum, as this comic’s silliness builds a tale of desperate ambitionRob Copland rockets into the room, pure energy. We’re clapping, he’s dancing. He’s clapping, someone else…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThese games lampooning business jargon and CV exaggeration are relatable and initially amusing but soon start to dragA grabby title and a clear concept sell tickets at the Edinburgh fringe. Australian comedy duo James Schl…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBeyond its larky interactive stunts and impersonations, the standup’s restart-the-show gimmick coheres into an affecting personal story of redemptionThe First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows, Abby Wambaugh titles her fringe debut. I…
Continue ReadingSummerhall, EdinburghIn a compelling collaboration with Bryony Kimmings, the German company Still Hungry deconstruct, satirise and celebrate the circusThree women are remembering their introduction to the circus as children. It offered not just a world…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Part-clown, part-mime and part overgrown child, Lyons leads us through mythic history to reconnect with a lost world of imaginationIn comedy terms, Elf Lyons has always been less of a thoroughbred, more of a breed apart –…
Continue ReadingSketch duo Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill’s solo shows have both been nominated for the fringe’s top prize, alongside acts including LA clown Natalie PalamidesFor the first time in its 43-year-history, male comedians are in the minority on the shortli…
Continue ReadingUnderbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh A sequinned ‘RaveRend’ and his sidekick Trev help the audience banish sadness in this ebullient hourAnointed with glitter paint, taking our seats to a score of dirty funk licks, we are not so much an audience as a congreg…
Continue ReadingMonkey Barrel @ the Tron, EdinburghOne half of the Delightful Sausage duo undertakes an epic quest with his pals as he deals with middle ageTwentysomethings, there is nothing here for you! So says Chris Cantrill at the start of Easily Swayed, a show hi…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup delivers bullet-proof set-pieces in a masterclass on threading emotional significance through joyful autobiographyLast year, a late reveal recast Ania Magliano’s lighthearted comedy set as something more meanin…
Continue ReadingAs Duncan Macmillan’s celebration of the little things in life lights up the Edinburgh fringe, 10 years after its debut, the actors who have helped make it a hit all over the world explain its universal power to connectAn uplifting play about depressio…
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