King Of Everything – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … What a sloppy, unfinished mess: forgotten lines, fluffed cues, corpsing, sketches that peter out just because they get bored performing them, and obscure in-jokes…
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Tue 18 August 2009
Two Left Hands: Another Mouthful– Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … A wet afternoon in the Pleasance Courtyard made for a damp and largely subdued audience; gently steaming (and not in the right way) and not laughing a great deal,…
Simon Brodkin: Still Not Himself – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … Any punters who bought tickets on the strength of this character comedian’s appearances on Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder may have high hopes of Brodkin,…
Paddy Lennox: Who Does He Think He Is – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … After the shock of temporarily forgetting his own name on a hospital visit, Paddy Lennox was inspired to ask, exactly what is in a name? How does it define you and…
Tiffany Stevenson: Along Came A Spider – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … Has Tiffany Stevenson ever mentioned she used to be a model? If not, she more than makes up for it in this predictable though tolerable show, her solo debut.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes To Hollywood – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … Two greying, squeaky-voiced sock puppets, a ramshackle cardboard theatre and an badly ventilated Fringe venue sound like ingredients for an evening of tooth-grinding…
Mon 17 August 2009
Stephen Carlin Blows The Lid Off The Whole Filthy Business – Edinburgh Fringe
17/08/2009 … Stephen Carlin has always had an intriguingly different voice, partly surreal, party based a nerdy obsession with obscure minutiae at the expense of the bigger picture.
Peter Buckley HIll: 40 Words – Edinburgh Fringe
17/08/2009 … The gloriously shambolic Peter Buckley-Hill has always had something of the mad scientist about him; and this year he’s delved wholeheartedly into the subject…