The former PM’s one-off onstage chat with standup Matt Forde belied his dour image. If only he’d shown more of this side of himself to the electorateWhere is the comedy, Matt Forde, in this? Where is the comedy in bringing on to the stage intellectual …
Continue ReadingMonkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghFrom relationship recovery to getting her phone messages spoken out by the audience, Koch has charisma and punchlines to burnThe infamous opening notes of Shania Twain’s Man! I Feel Like a Woman! blast out across Monkey B…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSikisa Bostwick-Barnes’s ebullience carries her through a debut solo show that’s punctuated with dance breaksYou can see why Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes themed her show around parties – specifically, a house party she threw to …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLeaving no cat-related reference unlicked, Thompson’s show is artfully clownish and funnyThe stage is set with a treadmill, yoga mat, step-up box and a big silver exercise ball for Frankie Thompson’s Catts. A suitable asso…
Continue ReadingUnderbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghMilo McCabe’s matinee-idol character initially feels at odds with his material, but it’s hard not to be won over by his enthusiasmMilo McCabe performed as aristocratic matinee idol Troy Hawke for almost a decade befor…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA properly fresh take on quarter-century living, Magliano’s is a charismatic debut moving through divorce, sexuality and cat-buying with ease Absolutely No Worries If Not is Ania Magliano’s coming-out show. After an imagin…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon Patter Hoose, EdinburghThe US comic plays a fast-talking agent, a straight-talking sex therapist and a six-year-old divorcee in this high-energy hourLinda Hollywood is an old-school actor turned agent and she is going to deliver a master…
Continue ReadingAttenders thrilled at festival but disgusted at the price of rooms, while venues are relieved at the bums on seatsThe past two summers without a full Edinburgh fringe have “felt weird” for Kwong Chan and his improvisational comedy troupe in Norwich, bu…
Continue ReadingSee how the Guardian and Observer have reviewed the festival since the very first one in August 194723 August 1947 Continue reading…
Continue ReadingRecord number of NI performers at this year’s festival, with C4 comedy hailed for raising awareness of nation’s comic giftsThe biggest ever cohort of playwrights, comedians and artists from Northern Ireland are bringing their work to the Edinburgh frin…
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