The Bearded Ladies
01/01/2004 … With one Radio 4 series transmitted and another planned, the four Bearded Ladies' Fringe show was a great disappointment.
Thu 01 January 2004
Simon Munnery's AGM
01/01/2004 … There are some painful times in Simon Munnery's AGM when you fear that being in a genuine shareholders' meeting might actually provide more laughs.
Brian Damage And Krysstal Go Pear Shaped At Midnig
01/01/2004 … Brian Damage seems to have been around as long as Arthur Smith's jokes and, like them, he only gets better with age.
Shazia Mirza: Wish You Were Here?
01/01/2004 … Catapulted too early into the media spotlight simply because of her race and religion, Shazia Mirza has undergone something of a reinvention for her first solo…
Russell Brand's Better Now
01/01/2004 … It's instantly obvious why MTV employed Russell Brand a quirkily good looking comedian with a passionate delivery and a certain edgy, eccentric style.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
01/01/2004 … It was a difficult birth, thanks to the director quitting and the curse of the pox, but the biggest show on the Fringe did, finally, open.
Dan Antopolski: A Whim Away
01/01/2004 … After several years of playing with big, or just plain stupid, ideas, Fringe favourite Dan Antopolski this year says he's aiming for most straightforward stand-up…
Andrew Maxwell: This Is My Hour
01/01/2004 … This is the sort of Fringe show stand-ups should aspire to - thoughtful comedy with a considered point of view, relayed so compellingly that audience becomes thoroughly…