Todd Barry: American Hot
22/08/2011 … Todd Barry was last at the Fringe seven years ago, and as he sardonically notes he ‘had such a good time’ that it’s taken him all this time to slink back,…
Mon 22 August 2011
Ali Cook: Principles and Deceptions
22/08/2011 … Ali Cook has some pretty spectacular tricks, but he wears them very lightly, letting the deception speak for itself, rather than surrounding it in Vegas-style glitz.
Neil Hamburger: Discounted Entertainer
22/08/2011 … Whhhhaaaat do you call a sack of human phlegm leaking putrid bile over an Edinburgh car park? Miiiiister Neil Hamburger!It’s one-liners in that style – more…
Mary Bourke: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
22/08/2011 … There are so many beautifully crafted turns of phrase in Mary Bourke's show that there really should be a massive queue jostling to get into this tiny, out-of-the…
Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence
22/08/2011 … This is an excellent hour with a mix of thoughtful themes, social observation, chirpy smut and personal warmth.
Mark Nelson: Guilty Pleasures
22/08/2011 … Describing the White Belly venue as somewhere that Hitler would have come to die, Scottish, Glasgow-dwelling, comedian Mark Nelson gets off to a quick start with…
Sun 21 August 2011
Jason Manford wins Born To Shine
21/08/2011 … Jason Manford has won ITV’s charity talent show Born To Shine, after learning how to sing opera.
Frankie Boyle to make C4 comeback
21/08/2011 … Frankie Boyle is set to return to Channel 4 with a topical talk show recorded on the night before transmission.