Reviews and interviews from Edinburgh Fringe 2014.
The last Sunday of the Fringe represents a final chance to tick off the remaining names on the to-do list. Too many late nights have transformed a mid-afternoon kick off time of 2pm into something prohibitively early […]
The internet is a weird place. Quite often, in any article about feminism or violence against women, the comments section will suddenly explode with cascades of foaming, angry people. Angry people who deny that there […]
After leaving an hour of supreme nonsense from Ali Brice’s hour earlier on the Fringe, fellow Weirdo’s comedy elite member Matthew Highton waits at the back of the room waiting for it to clear, to […]
The Human Loire, part man, part river, one hundred per cent viable for being sectioned, Michael Brunström, has just climbed the summit of Mount Olympus for providing the battiest show I have managed to see […]
Simon Munnery has brought many weird and wonderful characters to the Fringe over the last twenty five years, and the title of this one suggests it may be one of the least accessible. Not a […]
Like last year, Lee’s Fringe show consists of an hour split into two as he hones down material for Comedy Vehicle series four. It is billed, therefore, as a work in progress, although on this occasion nobody […]
John Kearn’s life has changed a lot in the past twelve months. Winning the Best Newcomer award for his 2013 show has surely brought him a new set of challenges. A larger audience, perhaps, one […]
As you can see from the photo above, Jack Barry and Annie McGrath are identical twins. They are presenting their debut show in The Blind Poet, a regular pub turned into a free fringe venue, […]
Paul F Taylor is a man who likes to sweat for his audience. Never mind his sanity, it’s the physical exertion that’s sometimes concerning to behold, so manic is his performance. It’s all cleverly juxtaposed with […]
Hennessy & Friends are a pretty slick outfit, delivering skilful and glossy sketch comedy that’s slightly at odds with the rather flimsy surroundings in the Cowgatehead wing of the Freestival. The do-it-yourself nature of the free […]
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