Edinburgh Fringe 2008

All Chortle's reviews

5 Stars

Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Christmas Show
Jason Byrne: Cats Under Mats Having Chats With Bats
John Gordillo: Divide and Conga
John Hegley: Beyond Our Kennel
Rhod Gilbert And The Award-Winning Mince Pie
Richard Herring: The Headmaster's Son
Russell Kane: Gaping Flaws
Scott Capurro Goes Deeper
Sixty-Six A Church Road by Daniel Kitson

4 Stars

About Robert The Bruce
Alexis Dubus: A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing
Andrew Bird: This Is Ten Years From Now
Andrew Lawrence: Don't Just Do Something, Sit There
Andrew Maxwell: Supernatural
Angry Puppy
Barbershopera
Bridget Christie: The Court Of King Charles II The Second
Carey Marx: Careyness
Chortle Student Comedy Award Final
Count Arthur Strong
Dan Antopolski's Penetrating Gaze
David O'Doherty: Let's Comedy
Dead Cat Bounce
Des Bishop: Tongues
Ed Byrne: Different Class
Frank Woodley: Possessed *
Gamarjobat: The Western
Glenn Wool: Goodbye Scars
Jamie Kilstein: There Is No God And That's OK
Jason Cook: Joy
Jim Jeffries: Hammered
Jimeoin On Ice *
John Pinette: I Say Nay Nay
Jon Richardson: Dogmatic
Josh Howie: Chosen
Justin Moorhouse's Ever Decreasing Social Circle
Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts
Lady Garden
Laurence Clark: Spastic Fantastic
Learn to Play The Ukulele in Under an Hour (How George Formby Saved My Life)
Limmy's Show
Mark Watson: All The Thoughts I've Had Since I Was Born
The Meeting
Miles Jupp: Drifting
Not Everything is Significant
On The Island Of Aars
Otis Lee Crenshaw
Pappy's Fun Club: Funergy
Pete Firman: Flimflam]
Philip Escoffey: Six Impossible Thing Before Dinne Plested and Brown in Health and Stacey
Raymond Mearns: Shaggy Dog Stories
Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show
Sammy J In The Forest Of Dreams *
Sarah Millican's Not Nice
Seven Sins
Simply Fancy
Simon Brodkin is Lee Nelson
Slutty Livin'
Stephen Grant: Second
Stephen K Amos: Find The Funny
Tim FitzHigham: The Bard's Fool
Tim Minchin: Ready For This?
Tim Vine: Punslinger *
Tina C: Tick My Box
You Don't Need To Know That
Watson and Oliver
Zoe Lyons: Mangled Mantra Of The Messed Up Modern Mind

3 Stars

Aeneas Faversham Forever
Aidan Bishop: Bachelor Pad
Alex Horne: Word Watching
A L Kennedy: Present Tense
Alpha Males
Abando'Man: A Hip-Hop Comedy *
Adams & Rea
Andrew Clover: Dad Rules
Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot On History of British Industry
Andy Zaltzman Boldly Unbuttons The Cloak Of Civilisation, But Is Perplexed And Perturbed By What He Finds Lurking Beneath
An Evening Without Dignity
Axis Of Awesome Comedback Spectacular
Bernard O'Shea: Do Not Adjust Your Mind, Reality Is At Fault
Brendon Burns
Chris Cox: Control Freak
Clarkson & Crouch: Away With The Fairies
Damian Callinan in mmm...They're Small
Dan Atkinson: The Credit Crunch and Other Biscuits
Dan March: My MySpace Baby
Dan Nightingale: Geronimo
Danny Robins: Dannyfest
David Bloustien: Beastly *
David Longley: A Joke Is Just A Joke
Diet of Worms
Eco-Friendly Jihad
Elizabeth and Raleigh: Late but Live
Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience
Fiona O'Loughlin
Gavin & Gavin: It's A Long Road That Doesn't Have A Bend
Gavin Webster: Webster's Pictionary
Geraldine Hickey: One Week In Paradise
Ginger and Black
Hal Cruttenden: Climb Every Molehill
Harbingers
Ian Stone: Where's The Down?
Idiots of Ants 2008
Isabel Fay: Don't Let A Gift Horse...
Isy Suttie: The Suttie Show
It IS Rocket Science
James Dowdeswell: No More Mr Nice Guy
Janey Godley: Domestic Godley
Jarlath Regan: Relax The Cax
Jason John Whitehead: The Joker
Jeff Green: Life Ache
JL Roberts and Nadia Kamil Present Wisecrackin' Midsqueezin' Behemoth
Joanna Neary's Magic Hole
Joke-E-Oke
Jollie: John and Ollie Stuck Together
John Bishop: Cultural Ambassador
Josie Long: All The Planet's Wonders (Shown In Detail)
Juliet Meyers: Strange Ears
Karen Dunbar
Karl Spain: Life Is Sweet
Keith Farnan: Cruel and Unusual
Kerry Godliman: This Is Not What I Was Expecting
Lewis Schaffer
Liam Mullone: In A Dead Man's Hat
Literally
Lloyd Langford: Not A Lover, Not A Fighter
Lloyd Woolf: Ten Shows I Abandoned
Luke Toulson: There Are So Many Things I Can't Do
Mark Allen's Pet Project
Mark Olver: Ramble On
Matt Green: Grow Up Green
Matt Kirshen: Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling
Michael Fabbri: Dumbing Up
Michael McIntyre
Mick Sergeant: Ah Shit! It's Mick Sergeant
Mike Wozniak
New Art Club's Extra Ordinary World
Nick Doody: Tour of Doody
Nick Mohammed is a Character Comedian
Nick Revell: Sleepless
Nik Coppin: Stuff
Nina Conti: Evolution
Neil Delamere: Crème Delamere
Newsrevue [2008]
Nude
Patrick Monahan: Time Bandit
Paul Foot: Off The Top Of/With His Head
Pegabovine: Polite Club
Peter Buckley Hill: The World's Most Futile Journey
Pippa Evans And Other Lonely People
Pros From Dover
Quincy: Single Mum
Real Daniel O'Donnell Show Presents The Clock Hour
Reception
Reginald D Hunter: No Country For Grown Men
Return of The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
Rob Deering: Boobs 2008
Roy Walker: Goodbye Mr Chips
Seymour Mace: Testamental
Sir Barrington Ganch: My Life Is Art
So You Think You're Funny Final
Steve Hall: Vice Captain Loser
Susan Calman: Maybe It Is Your Fault
Terry Saunders: Figure 8
1,000 Years Of German Humour
Tom Stade: Oh Fuck, Do We Need A Title, Too?
Tommy And The Weeks: Powershow!
Tom Wrigglesworth: I'm Struggling To See How That's Helping
Umbrella Birds: Gym
Umbrage Swain and the Magical Diamond of Tamtutiti
Unbelievable!
Vladimir McTavish
Wendy Wason: Things I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
Wilson Dixon Rides Again
Worst Zoo In Britain
Zimbani

2 Stars

Alyssa Kyria: Woman Of The Year
Andrew Stanley: Some Things That Occured to Me in the Last While That I Thought You Should Know About
Arnold Brown
Barry And Stuart: Part Time Warlocks
Carol Leifer: When You Lie About Your Age, Terrorists Win
Crazy Japanese Sit-Down Comedy
Danielle Ward In Glorious Technicolor
Dermot McMorrow: 13 Black Cats in the Shape of a Magpie
Des Clarke: Desire
Dick Biscuit Private Eye And Special Guests
Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds: Badly Ranted Thoughts Via The Magic Of Song
Feasting On Flesh
Felix Dexter: Not Just Another White Guy Lost In The Shuffle Footlights: Devils
Fuck This Show (You Know You Want To)
Girl and Dean
Graeme Thomas: Who Do I Complain To?
The Guru
Hils Barker: Exhibitionist
Jeff Kreisler 08
John Smith: Sick And Twisted

Jonny & Joe Show
Kevin Gildea: A Man Of A Million Heads
Ladies In Waiting: Brownie's Reunion
Lucy Porter: The Bare Necessities
Madame With an E
Markus Birdman: Sympathy For The Devil
Martha McBrier: A Wee Bit About A Lot Of Things
Matt Tiller: Tillerpop
Men With Bananas: We Know What You're Thinking
Morgan Murphy: I Don't Know Who I Am Either
Mould & Arrowsmith: A Sketch Show in Powerpoint
Obie: Total Recall-Half Scum, Half Genius
Olivia Neville: Summat An' Nowt
Pajama Men: Versus vs Versus
Phil Kay
Pot Noodle: The Musical
Richard Sandling and Stuart Goldsmith: Kiosk Of Champions
Rob Heeney: No Pressure
Rogue's Handbook: Bumper Book of Sketches
Rosie Wilby: I Am Nesia
Rule of Three: Sketchual Healing
Sally-Anne Hayward: Cyril Sean Choolburra: Live and Deadly
Steve Williams: The Ultimate Worrier
Tea And Cake II: In The Gateau
Teddy Bares
This Show Belongs To Lionel Richie No. 2: Stand-Up
Tom Corbett: Universal Horror
Two Episodes of MASH present Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan
Who Writes This Crap?
Why We Ate Cliff Richard
Zoe Gardner's Fault

1 Stars

Achtung Pal!
Adventures Of Pink Peter
Aliens Ate My Schnitzel
Attack Of The Soccer Moms
Dench! Or How Dame Judi Got Her Groove Back
Jeremy Leverton: iStandup
Shazia Mirza: A Portrait Of Shazia Mirza

* = Reviewed outside of the Fringe

Published: 28 Jul 2008

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