Stand-up comedy, parody, and the like.
Comedy
Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen are known as The Pin. Once again, they have brought their interesting brand of…
Nina Conti has probably done more to revitalise ventriloquism as a great performance art than anyone else in…
If you’ve ever played dominoes, you’ll know that while the first number has to match with the next, the last…
Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn are, and are not, a perfectly ordinary couple.
Enter with caution and an open mind as your every move is under the magnifying glass at the mercy of the…
Some pixie pamphleteering for the Naws, but the Ayes have it!
Toby Hadoke has somehow managed to find time to watch TV while touring his long-running hit show “Moths Ate…
The Perils of Love and Gravity is a humorous love-story-cum-fairy-tale for adults, told by a verbose,…
There’s always something exciting about certain people when you’re at the Edinburgh Fringe. Sometimes it’s in…
I’ll confess, I’m already predisposed to liking Mark Thomas having seen some of his TV spots in the past and…
Lady Garden have returned with their fourth Edinburgh show, serving up yet more absurd delights.
Anyone who walks into the grand, imposing halls of the Assembly Rooms might wonder if the performance to…
At the Festival Fringe, 2012, American actress, Sandra Thomas portrayed Judy in an intimate portrait of the…
Improvisational comedy can be a very hit and miss affair. The ability to create and follow a train of…
I was walking down Frederick Street the other day on my way home to write up some Fringe reviews for…
It is one of the cheapest, cruellest and easiest ways to mock the current fascination that the world has with…
I am an extremely big fan of female comics. Having never heard of Catie Wilkins, but being drawn in from the…
The theft of the most famous painting in the world on August 21st, 1911 created a media sensation.
It's rare that you see a genuinely natural comedic partnership - often double-acts are simply thrown together…
I was once on a bus in Chile which had in place of the usual Don't Disturb the Driver sign one which read "…