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Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
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Today's shows
FAST FRINGE
Sunday August 20: Garrett Millerick, Found Footage Festival, Harriet Kemsley, Demi Lardner, Stephen Bailey, Damien Power, Jollyboat, Chris Betts, Murial, Princes Of Main, Erin McGathy, MC Michael Legge
PLEASANCE DOME, 6.40pm. Tickets.
BEST OF STUDENT COMEDY
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Joel Dommett: Live
Oxford New Theatre
From 20:00
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Sarah Millican - Control Enthusiast
South Shields Customs House
Friday 26th Jan from 20:00Book now
Gig of the day
Mae Martin: Dope
Birmingham Glee Club
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Milton Jones Is Out There
Dorking Halls
Wednesday 22nd Nov from 19:30Book now
Features
A disCERNing crowd
Best gigThis is a first-place tie, I’m afraid, between the following gigs. I performed…
What do you think of critics?
Bear in mind we asked this question BEFORE the Fringe, so opinions might have changed…
Genuinely mesmerising, and 100 per cent real
I've been unhealthily obsessed with comedy for as long as I can remember, both…
Duped by a bogus TV producer
Thunderbards are Glenn Moore and Matt Stevens. Here they recall their most memorable…
What's the oddest thing you've found in your bucket at the end of a show
A guy gave me a packet of bolts once. I'm not sure he knew what was going on…
'I wish they'd make a Muslim Life Of Brian'
Jeez, this playlist is harder than it first appeared. What to go for? Clips that…
Opinion
So I'm single...
I’m not sure how other comics work, but the other day I found myself walking around in my pants with piles of books sellotaped to my shoes. This is very strange,…
The working class has been forced out of comedy
Being an artist these days isn't cheap. Wages have…
A talent manager once asked me how stand-up was going…
In the final instalment of our guide to surviving the…
Other news
Voting opens for Comedians' Choice 2017
Comedians working at the Edinburgh Fringe have been…
The Amused Moose has announced the shortlist for its…
Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire
Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his…
Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC. Little is known about…
Radio 4 is to launch a new sitcom about ‘preppers’ readying themselves…
Edinburgh one-off for Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar has announced his only full-length Fringe show this year – as part…
Sue Perkins, Harry Hill, Bridget Christie and Stewart Lee are to take part in a benefit…
John Bishop tops brain tumour benefit
Edinburgh’s Underbelly venue is to stage a benefit for The Brain Tumour Charity…
Punching Up
V. unfortunate
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American comedian Ellyn Daniels has projected a video…
Shappi Khorsandi: I'm bisexual
Shappi Khorsandi has revealed that she is bisexual.The…
On the loss of a racist statue...
Tweets of the week If the removal of a racist's…
Videos
Comedian Gareth Richards has written a hymn to try to persuade people to come to his Edinburgh show.
The comic said he learned the effectiveness of hymns from his days as a church-goer. ’That’s how you believe things in church,’ he said. ‘You sing them over and over again.’
His Fringe show Idiot Wind is at Whistlebinkies at 2:45pm daily.
Here’s the song, as performed at Chortle's Fast Fringe.
Gareth Richards at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Singing a hymn to his own show
The Wrestling 2017: Video highlights
'Ultimately, cheating won'
Buzz: The Musical team at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Outtake reel released
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