Brendon Burns: Comedy Good Yeah Silly Side C**t

Comedy Good Yeah Silly Side C**t For the first time in living memory, well almost, Fringe favourite bad- boy Brendon Burns is not doing a full run at Fringe 2009. He is however playing just a few dates, the … Read More

Daniel Rigby: The Mothwokfantastic

Daniel Rigby’s comedy is fast, physical and charged with energy. The title of the show is an indication that silliness will be featured and it is – marvellously so! He performs individually as when he does several comedy songs, … Read More

Fordy’s Lock-In

Fordy’s Lock-In is another late night show vying for your attention.  With so many to choose from, what can this one offer that’s different?  Well, instead of comedians performing sections of their longer acts, Fordy’s guests join him for … Read More

Hugh Hughes in …360

Hugh Hughes show is like a breath of fresh air. He opens with an extended beginning which is a prelude to the main event. This is a thoroughly absorbing story about his long standing friendship with Gareth, his best … Read More

John Bishop: Elvis Has Left The Building

It was only a couple of years ago when the name John Bishop would probably drawn the response John who? But those days have long gone now and this Scouse comic is probably one of the hottest tickets of … Read More

MacKenzie Taylor: No Straightjacket Required

MacKenzie Taylor  No Straightjacket Required I don’t suppose that it is easy to stand on stage and speak about yourself ain front of a room full of strangers at anytime, but to tell the story that Taylor does as … Read More

Newsrevue  30th  Anniversary

It was 30 years ago that NewsRevue first graced the Edinburgh Fringe and although it was a few years after that that I started regularly attending shows in August since I discovered them in 1995 I don’t think I … Read More

The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show

The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show If you have ever looked at the Edinburgh Fringe programme and thought where do I start, I know I certainly have. How do I select the good shows from the dross? Well, this … Read More

Shane Langan:  Not Also, But Only

Does a writer, who has no stage presence, reading extracts from a book of his various jottings of little merit, constitute a comedy performance? Well, it does not for me. When the writing might raise a flicker of a … Read More

Tom Basden:  Now That’s What I Call Music – Based Comedy

Now That’s What I Call Music-Based Comedy

Tom Basden’s show really does do exactly what it says on the tin. A random collection of songs, pictures, lists, invented musical instruments and Basden’s own brand of quirky comedy. … Read More