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Sat 13 August 2011
Battle Of Britain: North V South
13/08/2011 … Sometimes premises of Edinburgh shows can be contrived – but this doesn't matter as long as the resulting show is entertaining and funny.
Fred MacAulay: Legally Bald
13/08/2011 … Fourteen years as BBC Radio Scotland’s morning presenter ensures a sold-out gig for Fred MacAulay, although the sharp intake of breath when he swears or cracks…
Steve Gribbin: Laugh At First Sight
13/08/2011 … There are riots on the streets, the phone-hacking scandal taints the media, police and politicians, and cuts are beginning to bite as the Western world remains in…
Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut
13/08/2011 … Not even the Marx Brothers could parody Casablanca successfully, so the Tron Theatre Company have set themselves a tough task with this theatrical homage.
Phill Jupitus: Stand Down
13/08/2011 … Making his return to stand-up after a decade away, Phill Jupitus treads carefully, with an hour of engagingly-written comedy that clings closely to familiar ideas.
Arthur Smith's Pissed-Up Chat Show
13/08/2011 … Don’t you hate it when gigs are disrupted by a mouthy drunk at the bar, not knowing his own volume or aware of people around him.
The Peacock And Gamble Emergency Broadcast
13/08/2011 … The premise of Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble’s show – loose as it is – is that this is the broadcast that comes on air when another show doesn’t go as planned.