Jason Byrne – Original Review
28/08/2008 … Jason Byrne is a natural when it comes to focussing his Sizewell-sized reserves of energy.
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Thu 28 August 2008
Richard Herring – Original Review
28/08/2008 … Richard Herring’s a brilliant one-hour act, but sometimes struggles when he has to abandon the narrative arc for a 20-minute set to an audience that isn’t his…
Sun 24 August 2008
Sara Pascoe – Original Review
24/08/2008 … The breathlessly excited Sara Pascoe has has seemingly boundless energy and drive, romping through her gag-driven set with great aplomb.
Fri 22 August 2008
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Tue 19 August 2008
Daniel Simonsen – Original Review
19/08/2008 … Norwegian Daniel Simonsen has a head-start in comedy for his accent alone, the bone-dry, off-kilter Nordic delivery providing a distinctively stilted rhythm to the…
Sun 10 August 2008
Russell Howard – Original Review
10/08/2008 … Russell Howard forcefully grabs the laughs from the get-go and never once releases them from his grip.
Fri 01 August 2008
Otis Lee Crenshaw [2008]
01/08/2008 … While Rich Hall is spending the festival coolly reading nuggets of comic insight from his literary endeavours, his alter ago/uncle is sweating in the Pleasance Cabaret…
Jason John Whitehead: The Joker
01/08/2008 … Jason John Whitehead holds no truck with the idea that an Edinburgh show needs a strong theme or message – indeed, he admits he wants his audiences to leave thinking…