Nina Conti: Fringe 2012
25/08/2012 … As we're leaving the auditorium, which is covered with specks of foam, one guy exclaims to his companion: ‘That was bizarre.
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Sat 25 August 2012
Andrew Maxwell: Fringe 2012
25/08/2012 … Given the number of stars that usual garnish Andrew Maxwell's posters, and his two previous Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations, there's a certain expectation when…
Luisa Omielan: Fringe 2012
25/08/2012 … If Beyonce were to do a Fringe show, she would be lucky to capture half the energy newcomer Luisa Omielan brings to this intense, funny and manic hour of soul-baring…
Nick Mohammed: Fringe 2012
25/08/2012 … Here Nick Mohammed takes the character comedy rulebook and rips it apart, taking special care to pulverise page one, which deems it necessary that any fictional…
Re-Animator The Musical: Fringe 2012
25/08/2012 … That the front few rows are designated a ‘splatter zone’, with audience members positioned on tarpaulin and given waterproof ponchos to protect from the sloshing…
Will Marsh: Fringe 2012
25/08/2012 … This is a debut show that very much feels like a debut show – with some brilliant lines, presumably from Will Marsh’s usual circuit set, coupled loosely with…
Fri 24 August 2012
Vikki Stone: Fringe 2012
24/08/2012 … There’s a song toward the end of Vikki Stone’s show where she hits back at detractors who have taken offence at her often crude material.
Gregory Akerman: Fringe 2012
24/08/2012 … Gregory Akerman says – probably not entirely earnestly – that he doesn’t think comedy is art, but mere entertainment.