Lee Hurst – Original Review
01/08/2000 … Talented Hurst is known to millions of TV viewers as 'that slaphead from the sports quiz that isn't as good as it used to be'.
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Tue 01 August 2000
Les Hommes Sans Noms – Original Review
01/08/2000 … An unsophisticated, but amusing spoof mime act who manage to achieve the near-impossible task of making mime funny - thanks to a mocking commentary and the double-act…
Pat Condell – Original Review
01/08/2000 … A stand-up veteran rarely seen on the circuit these days, Condell is an accomplished comic, whose seemingly gentle delivery can hide a bit of a punch.
Tony Burgess – Original Review
01/08/2000 … With his Northern slob act, Burgess is unlikely to be blasting away any stereotypes but the quality of the material more than make up for it.
Geoff Boyz – Original Review
01/08/2000 … Talented Scottish-Italian comic and impressionist with a very patchy set, ranging from the inspired (Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci take-offs) to the dreadful (an…
Richard Ayoade – Original Review
01/08/2000 … Though now more of a character actor, as a stand-up Ayoade had a sharply amusing ten-minute routine based mostly on the arrogance of rap stars.
James Holmes – Original Review
01/08/2000 … So camp he makes Julian Clary look like Clint Eastwood, Holmes pretty much bases his entire act on bitching about celebrities and very good at it he is, too.
Cyderdelic
01/08/2000 … Every year, Edinburgh proves a magnet for scores of deluded, talentless acts with half an idea keen inflict their painful 'comedy' on a long-suffering audience.