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Red Bastard –Lie With Me 4****
August 22, 2017 | one4review
Red Bastard is in reality American comedian /clown/ performance artist Eric Davis, but as we ‘are friends we can call him simply Red’ and states at the top that this show has no start no end and asks questions where … Read More
Ivo Graham Educated Guess 4****
August 22, 2017 | one4review
Ivo Graham is another of the mid-twenties middle class white male comics that seem to come off a conveyor belt in middle England somewhere but this does not detract in any way from his popularity or his material. The sold-out … Read More
Tez Ilyas Teztify 4****
August 22, 2017 | one4review
For his 3rd Edinburgh show Tez Ilyas, who has gained much critical acclaim with the previous two, opens with a montage of some of the Anti-Muslim media coverage that he as a Muslim has to endure on a daily basis. … Read More
Sara Schaefer – Little White Box 3***
August 22, 2017 | one4review
Sara Schaefer comes to the Fringe this year with a good reputation from her native United States and opens the show with a sincere apology… for electing Trump, but then goes on to mitigate this by blaming it on his … Read More
Rachel Jackson – Bunny Boiler 3***
August 22, 2017 | one4review
Rachel Jackson is an actor and a comedian with a growing reputation and this is her debut show. Referencing the show title and explaining to the younger audience members the ‘Fatal Attraction’ derivation Ms Jackson is straight into an hour … Read More
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries 4****
August 21, 2017 | one4review
It is necessary to understand the distinction between stand-up comedy (in which heckling may be appropriate) and a comedy show, in which you should not speak unless spoken to. It often flusters performers who are not stand-ups, and that ruins … Read More
Mark Watson Festival Of Bad Ideas 2**
August 20, 2017 | one4review
Mark swipes through his book of contacts to bring us his chosen guests. If his intention was to experiment, to go all avant garde on us, it worked tonight. We got Sanderson Jones. He of those annoying TV Bingo … Read More
Gary Delaney – There’s Something About Gary 4****
August 20, 2017 | one4review
As the audience settle into their seats, we are treated to a number of screen shots of Gary’s hilarious tweets, via a large slide show. This is a good indication of the way the show will go and the pace … Read More
Lauren Pattison – Lady Muck 4****
August 20, 2017 | one4review
There is definitely a new kid on the Edinburgh block and that is Lauren Pattison, who has been getting sold out shows and critical acclaim in almost equal measures. Not too shabby for her debut hour! The lights dim and … Read More
Ingrid Oliver – Speech! 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Doing character based sketch comedy is in my opinion a two edged sword. Get it right and it is amazing. Get it wrong then carnage can and often does happen. Ingrid Oliver has always been in the get it right … Read More
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