Gilded BalloonThe So You Think You're Funny? competition has been going for 26 years and in that time winners have included the likes of Peter Kay, Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran. So it was strange... more
Reviews
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,... more
Dram House***You certainly can't fault Yianni Agisilaou for lack of ambition and self-belief. In keeping with his show's title Think Big he is not only doing this run on the Free Fringe but he has... more
The Stand*** The cross-fertilisation between old school and post-alternative comedy has gone on for ages, but it feels particularly prevalent in Edinburgh this year. I noticed it in Henry Paker... more
Pleasance***I don't think I'm a particularly sentimental comedy fan but there was a day last week when, by a strange quirk of fate three shows left me moist eyed. Controversial clown Red Bastard... more
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... more
The Pleasance*****There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith. But you'll have to be either quick or an insomniac to catch Smith at this year's Fringe. His updated version of... more
School's in for summer. Jack Whitehall's Bad Education is due back soon on BBC3 and Greg Davies has a class act, Man Down, coming on C4. But first out of the changing rooms is Big School, which... more
The Pleasance**** There are comedians who shoot out gags like machine gun fire and then there is James Acaster. The slow burn Kettering stand-up bagged a Foster's Comedy Award nomination for his... more
We are now halfway through this year's Edinburgh Fringe and if you are planning to come during the thrilling second half there is one thing you should get hold of. Not a ticket for the best shows.... more
