Edinburgh Fringe Review: Beth Vyse, Heroes @ The Hive

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I’ve never done it before but for the first time I thought I’d walked into the wrong show. As I arrived at The Hive I was greeted by a small woman in a massive wig pretending to be Dolly Parton and loudly handing out ping pong balls. I wasn’t sure but I thought I’d go with it and sat down. It was only when a boob-shaped balloon floated above my head that I realised I was in the right place.

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Steve Hall, The Stand

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We all know about the “dead dad” shows in Edinburgh by now don’t we? The sad ones that tug at battle-hardened award judges heart strings? Well, Steve Hall’s show Zebra takes the opposite approach. It’s about the joys of being a dad. It might not win him any awards but there is plenty here to bring a smile to your face.

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News: West End Run for Showstopper! The Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is to get its first full West End run. In the cult impro show audience suggestions are transformed instantly into all-singing, all-dancing shows with unpredictable and hilarious results. It will run at the Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue, from September 24 to November 29. 

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Charmian Hughes, Banshee Labyrinth

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There has been an intriguing resurgence in interest in the early days of alternative comedy in recent years. Stewart Lee has namechecked various veteran acts, Alexei Sayle has gone back onstage and the death of Rik Mayall also prompted a re-assessment of the era that comedy almost forgot.

News: Magners New Comedy Act 2015 – Vote Now

Comedy fans can now vote to choose three more finalists for the Magners New Comedy Act 2015.

George Rigden from Bristol, Lolly Adefope from London and Ingrid Dahle from Brighton have already been selected for the final after a show in Bristol.

There are another three places to be chosen from the following acts.

 

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News: Free Tickets For Missing Hancocks Recording

Following the popularity of last year's commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Hancock's Half Hour, Kevin McNally is back as the lad 'imself, with the recording of five more episodes of Hancock's Half Hour that have been lost from the archives and not heard since the 1950s. The next recording takes place on September 8, details below.

News: Stand-Ups Star In Secret Sex Confessions Show

Comedians Nick Helm, James Acaster, Nish Kumar and Marcus Brigstocke are among the performers appearing in a new unrehearsed show about heterosexual female sexuality at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Manwatching is described as "a funny, frank, and occasionally explicit insight into heterosexual female desire, read out loud by a man."

Interview: Bryony Kimmings

As double acts go this is an unusual one. Bryony Kimmings is a performance artist, comedian and maker of experimental theatre. Her partner onstage in Fake It ’Til You Make It is Tim Grayburn, a high flying account manager at an advertising firm.

News: 'Dr Death' Show Gets Police Visit

The Edinburgh Fringe show Dicing With Dr Death presented by Dr Philip Nitschke, which is about euthanasia, received a visit from the police today at its venue, Just The Tonic's Caves.

News: Reece Shearsmith Joins Dr Who Team

Actor, comedian and award-winning writer Reece Shearsmith joins Peter Capaldi (the Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) as he takes-up a guest role in a special episode of Doctor Who, returning to BBC One this September.

Reece has previously played Patrick Troughton in a docu

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