Bridget Christie: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Dismayed at the misogyny she perceives creeping back into society, Bridget Christie is fighting back the only way she knows how: with a passionate vindication of…
Thu 09 August 2012
Jack Jerome: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … While I wasn't the most vociferous advocate of Will Adamsdale's 2004 Perrier-winning show Jackson 's Way, it has made the job of anyone wanting to riff on the subject…
Ann Edmonds: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Ann Edmonds has a childlike lack of embarrassment on stage, grinding and pumping for comic effect, lots of babyfaced charm and vulnerability and a cheery determination…
Steve Gribbin: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Edinburgh is not a nice place when wet, and possibly the only place in the world where you can see a man in a wombat suit walking dejectedly up the street.
Grainne Maguire: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Like a lot of young comics, Gráinne Maguire seems so young and physically frail that her command of the stage is quite astounding.
Wed 08 August 2012
From Bill Hicks to Joyce Grenfell
Steve Gribbin picks his comedy favourites
08/08/2012 … Right Said Fred by Bernard CribbinsNotwithstanding the comedy cognoscenti’s habitual condescending sneer, the comedy song can be a wonderful thing, none more so…
Open Mike makes £4million
Boom time for producers of TV stand-up
08/08/2012 … Open Mike, the biggest producer of stand-up shows on TV, has seen its annual profits soar by almost a third in a year, up to more than £4million.