Alex Horne: Seven Years In The Bathroom
19/08/2011 … Another strong idea from one of comedy’s most dedicated geeks is meticulously put-together, quirky, warm and witty – even if the single driving conceit of the…
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Fri 19 August 2011
Sara Pascoe vs The Apocalypse
19/08/2011 … Sara Pascoe opens her show by saying that last year’s Edinburgh hour attracted nine two-star reviews and contained a joke ‘so bad it made the news’; then tells…
A Betrayal Of Penguins: Endangered For A Reason
19/08/2011 … The most famous fact about penguins is that they can’t fly – and nor can this show in their name.
Jen Brister: Jen Brister is British(ish)
19/08/2011 … Jen Brister's mum is Spanish but she, herself, was born and raised in England.
Meryl O'Rourke: Bad Mother
19/08/2011 … When an act heavily themes an hour they run the risk of losing some of the funny, ending up with a lecture more than a comedy show.
New Art Club: Quiet Act of Destruction
19/08/2011 … Having gone to live in the sleepy Cambridgeshire village of Meldreth, New Art Club's Tom Roden inadvertently exacerbates the rivalry between his village and its…
Four Screws Loose: Screwed Over Again
19/08/2011 … Four Screws Loose are one of the successes of the Free Fringe, packing out the sizeable back room at Bannermans every afternoon.