Fri 07 August 2015
Carl Donnelly: Jive Ass Honky
07/08/2015 … The blurb for recent divorcé Carl Donnelly’s seventh Edinburgh hour describes it as a show about ‘therapy, depression, relationships, body issues and parents’.
Darren Walsh: Punderbolt
07/08/2015 … Puns are like Marmite; you either love them or groan audibly in despair.
© Steve Ullathorne Abigoliah Schamaun: Post-Coital Confessions
07/08/2015 … Should you have been weaned on a cultural diet of Hollywood movies, Cosmo magazine and chick-lit, you’ll know sex to be a beautiful, balletic coming together…
Top ten ways to cross a line with the audience
Yianni on the topics guaranteed to make a crowd turn
07/08/2015 … Sometimes our best attempts at humour run smack bang into the collective decision by an audience that you have gone too far and crossed ‘The Line’.
'The best comedic performance in a generation'
Thunderbards Glenn Moore and Matt Stevens choose their comedy favourites.
07/08/2015 … Tim And Eric Glenn Moore: I'm unsure about the extent to which this can be considered a comedic achievement, but Tim and Eric Awesome Show! Great Job is the closest…
It's an a-hart gallery!
07/08/2015 … • ‘You can say something that is very shocking and an audience will laugh because they're shocked, that's not to be mistaken for wit or flair or something uplifting.
Let's ride this beast!
Bryony Kimmings delivers Fringe opening speech
07/08/2015 … Comedian and theatre-maker Bryony Kimmings has made the official opening address at the Edinburgh Fringe, to welcome participants to the festival.