Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe
17/08/2013 … Sentimental without being cloying, poetic yet free of pretension, Tom Wrigglesworth’s love letter to his granddad is a gorgeous testament to small-scale heroism…
Sat 17 August 2013
Edward Aczel Lives in a Meaningless Shed
17/08/2013 … It’s come to something when one feels relieved to see Edward Aczel, a comic who fails to conform to most aspects of the job description.
Iain Stirling: At Home
17/08/2013 … At just 25, Iain Stirling is a frighteningly accomplished comedian.
Lloyd Langford: Galoot
17/08/2013 … Ostensibly a show about taking risks and embracing your inner idiot, Lloyd Langford takes to he stage dressed in a giant banana costume, and quite endearingly, never…
The Nazis have invaded the Fringe
Tony Kinsella on comedians' new favourite subject
17/08/2013 … In the light of the hoo-haa and hullabaloo over the ubiquity of rape jokes at last year's Fringe, I was intrigued to see what this year's comedic pandemic might…
Seduction fascinates me
Kit Hesketh-Harvey – formerly of Kit & The Widow – chooses his musical comedy favourites
17/08/2013 … Have Some Madeira, M’dear (Flanders and Swann) This is (apart from fathering the stunning Stephanie) the greatest thing that Michael Flanders did.
Fri 16 August 2013
Mrs Manning
16/08/2013 … In this inconsequential character piece, Helen O’Brien plays the role of Bernard Manning’s fictional widow – but don’t go expecting too much about the of…