Luke Kempner: Judi Dench Broke My Heart
18/08/2016 … There’s a fair amount of snobbery around impressions in comedy; they’re seen as gimmicky and old-fashioned.
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Thu 18 August 2016
Mark Silcox: Helping Aamer
18/08/2016 … Anti-comedian Mark Silcox performed one of my least favourite shows of last year’s Fringe, his wilfully unfunny talk on electrochemiluminescence and tediously…
Erich McElroy's (US) Electile Dysfunction
18/08/2016 … The nuttiest Presidential campaign in US history has been keeping the satirists busy trying to keep up with Donald Trump’s constant stream of brain farts, and…
Susan Calman: The Calman Before The Storm
18/08/2016 … Susan Calman insists you’ve got the wrong impression of her.
Wed 17 August 2016
Hell To Play
17/08/2016 … It’s a good idea for a game show: two comedians find themselves in purgatory and have to compete for the chance to save their souls, by answering questions posed…
Chortle Student Comedy final 2016
17/08/2016 … A gloriously diverse bunch of new comedians, a hugely excited audience and the encouraging, freewheeling compering of Mark Watson conspired to make this year’s…
Marny Godden: Where's John's Porridge Bowl?
17/08/2016 … Moses, a cute fluffy dog and a lager lout having an existential crisis are among the line-up of mercurial characters in Marny Godden’s show.
Joe DeRosa: Zero Forward Progress
17/08/2016 … We’re halfway through the Fringe and American first-timer Joe De Rosa still isn’t used to it – especially the more stop-start momentum of a festival crowd…