Friday, August 16, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWang is back with a new no-messing, harder-nosed attitude, along with excellent jokes including some choice one-liners
Phil Wang made a little piece of fringe h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 15, 2019
Assembly Hall, EdinburghThe #MeToo activist made herself a refuge, where orbs shimmer and we can be our best selves. What a pity she spends this frustrating show wafting around like a refuge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghParading her sex life, friendships and militant subjectivity, the triumphantly profane comedian takes a step into the big league
The men have gone sensitive, it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup, who was circumcised as an infant, gets het up in a show where the polemic overshadows the comedy
Dick jokes are as old as comedy, but few " Richard…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMining the comedy of motivational seminars with a delectably clownish touch, this double act could make anything funny
Self-help and motivational speaking have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThree neighbours in a Parisian apartment block squabble, fall in love and steal each other's biscuits in an appealing wordless comedy
It won a Molière award in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Monday, August 12, 2019
Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPolitics and family tensions fuel a precision-engineered debut show that fuses the mundane with the terrifying to smart effect
Janine Harouni's dilemma is that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSociety's 'follow your dreams' mantra is pulled apart in a poignant show that tackles race, class and brotherly love
Is standup the perfect meritocracy? That's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 11, 2019
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA group of friends have their worldviews picked apart by a seductive stranger in Jonathan Caren's well-acted drama
Stag parties are where masculinity supposedly …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 10, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRaucous and rude, the standup provides a whirlwind tour of her sexual history and blows past all objections with the G-force gusto of her performance
You might …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PM[SHARE]Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Australian absurdist lays waste to standup convention with glee and skill " but is she too clever for her own good?
No gimmicks, promises Zoë Coombs Mar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe most physical third of the sketch group Daphne makes his solo standup debut with a considered rumination on class identity and social mobility
George Fourac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PM[SHARE]Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh The standup tenderly hymns the joys of new parenthood in this delightful, tightly focused show
Having a baby is about as far from unique an experience as it's po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Kathy Burke directs Amy Booth-Steel's feelgood, if cliched, chronicle of cancer and PTSD
Five years ago, Amy Booth-Steel was a jobbing actor, when she was diagnosed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PM[SHARE]Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghMore anarchic comedy, sexual frankness and in-yer-face clowning from the director behind Natalie Palamides
Is there a more singular style in comedy than Dr Brown…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe polemicist style of his early work may have given way to a more conflicted thinker but the comedy remains emphatic
Ahir Shah has long joked about the contr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PM[SHARE]Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghKitson delivers a last-minute set of quarter-baked routines, but it's still a pleasure to be entertained by his unique humour
It's from one extreme to the other w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM[SHARE]Her last standup show, about working in a New York sex dungeon, was a fringe hit " and is now bound for TV. How will she top it?
Desiree Burch is putting the finishing touches to her new Edi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM[SHARE]Monday, August 5, 2019
Summerhall, EdinburghRecounting his experiences with a stalker, the comedian seems to live the horror afresh in a gripping show
If you followed Richard Gadd's career up to his Edinburgh come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe incarnation of a woke social media caricature raises a few smiles but mostly pokes predictable fun at the softest of targets
Only the terminally woke would…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 4, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCohen crackles with attitude as she serves up an alarming but entertaining song-and-chat about sex, love and self-image
One of the most eye-catching newcomers a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRobins delivers a masterclass in tone, tempo and character as he shares his failed attempts at flirting and home improvement
If you're John Robins, there's alwa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 3, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn her show Venus, the standup explores her sexuality, education and how black people are used as props in white narratives
'What colour am I?" Sophie Duker as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic best known as a cheeky-chappy explores male emotional inarticulacy and antisemitism
When you've pranked Theresa May at the Tory conference, or public…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Leicester Square theatre, LondonOne of the US's most outspoken social commentators tackles sex and gender in a sparky show that confirms her place in the big league
'I've learned a lot," sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 14, 2019
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonNow in his mid-60s, the comedian is still delivering beautifully honed, brilliantly timed observations on everyday life
'I feel like a blacksmith up here sometimes,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2019
From plummeting ratings to a global success, how did the Daily Show host become "America's therapist"?
It is a few hours before Trevor Noah takes his seat at The Daily Show's presenting desk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE]Friday, July 12, 2019
His viral videos earned him a sell-out tour and a new late night TV show " can the character comedian become the Instagram era's Chris Evans?
Two years ago, Mo Gilligan was selling jeans in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2019
Jessie Cave's intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we've previously reviewed. Here's what we said …
Pleasance Court…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM[SHARE]Friday, June 21, 2019
Neil Hamburger is a loser, insulting B-list celebs for our amusement, yet he can be less offensive " and funnier " than certain comedy superstars
'What disease did legendary ice-cream makers…
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