August 2013
Tonight's Foster's So You Think You're Funny? Final at The Gilded Balloon was the tightest competition in recent years. After much heated deliberation (I was the lone male on the judging panel) the joint winners out of a field of nine were Edd Hedges from Saffron Walden, Essex and Demi Lardner from Australia, who qualified for the SYTYF semi-final earlier in the Edinburgh Festival by winning the RAW competition at the Melbourne Comedy Festuval earlier this year. Both are 19 years old, but that is where the similarity ends.
Assembly George Square
****
Well I like New Art Club even if the Foster's Award panel doesn't. Dancers-turned-comedians Tom Roden and Pete Shenton have been coming up to the Fringe with unique, idiosyncratic multi-disciplinary shows for years now and have barely had a sniff of lager-based recognition. Ah, well, let's keep them as our best kept secret in comedy then.
Interesting Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist.
For many ambitious comedians this is the most important week in comedy. The Foster's Comedy Award shortlist has just been announced and the winner will be announced on Saturday. But, believe it or not there are more important things in life than comedy.
Underbelly
***
Great show, shame about the critic. Henry Paker's set was one of those hours that put me in a difficult position. It is packed full of jokes, wry, offbeat observations and physical humour but somehow I walked out not feeling fully satisfied even though I'd watched most of the audience in fits of laughter.
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