Chris Coltrane: Fringe 2012
16/08/2012 … Remember before the distracting circus of the Olympics and the Jubilee, how annoyed the nation seemed: student protests, the Occupy movement, UKUncut?Chris Coltrane…
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Thu 16 August 2012
Seymour Mace: Fringe 2012
16/08/2012 … One of the formats that’s attracted the most buzz in Edinburgh over the past couple of years is Set List, the improvised stand-up game where solitary comedians…
Pete Johansson: Fringe 2012
16/08/2012 … The official blurb for Pete Johansson’s third Edinburgh show explains: ‘He's now focusing on transitional values, the less obvious mental and moral decay of…
Wed 15 August 2012
Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … The ‘dead dad’ show has become such a cliché of comedy, that even mentioning it has become another cliché of comedy, so aware are all concerned that the terminal…
Daniel Simonsen: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … Like many of the newer generation of comics, Daniel Simonsen is a nervous, socially retarded misfit, uncomfortable in his own skin.
Jigsy: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … Les Dennis delivers an excellent performance as Jigsy, one of the last of a dying breed of working-men’s club comics.
Foil, Arms and Hog: Late Night Sketch Comedy
15/08/2012 … What a difference a year makes!Twelve months ago, Foil, Arms and Hog produced a patchy, unremarkable hour that one incredibly wise critic said was far from the breakthrough…
Through The Looking Screen: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … At best, this is a case of misclassification, for Though The Looking Screen is an attempt at opera with a modern theme, with only the mildest of comedy elements.