Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Print Interviews
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Douglas Walker
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018It is masterful, for example, the way Steve Bennett can write a very positive, constructive review without leaving an unwitting pull quote if he doesn’t want you to have one. Lesser reviewers chuck around superlatives that can be gleefully taken out of context, but Bennett is meticulous.
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Elvis McGonagall
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018My best and worst review were the same one.
“Someone you’ve never heard of whose every stanza sounds like it was written by Les Dawson on the back of a fag packet”
– Cheers Rachel Cooke writing in The New Statesman. I’ve had it tattooed on my arse. Obvs.
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Eshaan Akbar
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I don’t read reviews because I respect the opinion of very few people in this industry, but just know that a website, whose name is a synonym for chuckle, gave me a 2.5 star review and that was 0.5 stars less than it gave Bill Burr
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Evelyn Mok
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018The objectively worst review I’ve ever had is from Paul Whitelaw for the Scotsman… it’s quite amusing how visceral his hatred for me was. Also the fact that the Scotsman actually published a quite poorly written review that was only 90 words short, made me question how serious their fringe coverage actually is.
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Georgia Tasda
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018My best review came by chance, when a young man happened to get chatting to a friend of mine on a night out in London. He’d come to see my show in Edinburgh, and said it had helped him come to terms with being gay and coming out.
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Ger Staunton
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018The worst review was two years ago at the Fringe when a Broadway Baby guy gave me 2 stars while saying I was “surprisingly funny”. He also said I had “some satisfying links back to earlier material” which is the longest way to spell ‘callback’ I’ve seen to date.
Reciting the better ones is less fun.
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Glenn Moore
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018Last year I decided in advance not to read reviews, but ended up reading other people’s good ones, which wasn’t a good idea, so this year I’m not going to read anything. At all. I’m not even going to read my damn e-mails. You can’t make me read.
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Grant McLachlan
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018It’s only on for five nights in small venue so queue up early as you won’t be disappointed. Jane McDonald does not appear in the show… unfortunately.
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Hal Cruttenden
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018What I despise is reviewers deciding that, if a comic doesn’t fit their own personal agenda, then they’re to be dismissed. If I ever get angry about them I go and read Theodore Roosevelt’s quote about ‘the man in the arena’ – I suggest all acts print it out and put it on their fridge for the festival.
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Harriet Braine
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018My best review was by one of the lovely people who write reviews for Buxton Fringe shows. I have a feeling they are super-nice to everyone though… Buxton Fringe gave me a certificate too. Excellent taste, Buxton.
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Holt and Talbot
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018Rosie: Last year Christian texted me a link to a bad review about me “because he was drunk” – I will read a review if I hear its bad about Christian and then I will send it to him.
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Imran Yusuf
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018Best review: When I was nominated in 2010, all the reviews were great, everyone finally understood my potential and genius.
Worst review: When someone wrote something about another comic who happens to be the same colour and yet wrote the review about me.
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Ivy Paige
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I love all reviewers, I did I say how much I like reviewers? I mean what’s not to like? The power to break or break a show or your career is exceptionally attractive. And of course with power comes corruption and I am very partial to being corrupted.
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Jack Barry
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018After one performance of my last show, a couple in the audience tried to have sex in the toilets of Soho Theatre. I consider that the best review my comedy has ever received.
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LoveHard
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018The best review was one that said that we were “one of the most entertaining shows that they have ever seen… and it was impossible not to enjoy it”, then gave us 4 stars. Never was the phrase “but it reads like a five” used more on the Mile than that year.
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Jacqueline Novak
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I don’t know any reviewers personally. Generally, I fear them. They are there to serve the audience and help them discover what they should go see. Seems fair enough. I wish the artists didn’t have to see them.
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Jake Howie
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018My best reviewer is always my mum. She once said, “I love that one about me sucking dick, darling, it’s a strong opener!” (That is verbatim). My worst review is any review by guys who only love other guys talking about being awkward and un-bangable. I am not awkward at all and either mildly or extremely bangable, depending on the country.
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James Barr
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I’m so new to this that all my reviews are from friends, they range from “you’re so brave” to “you were the best show we saw at the Brighton Fringe” to an unwanted wikipedia edit last year “he’s not funny”. I am funny though I promise oh my god please come to my show.
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James Hancox
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I did a gig in Perth at the start of the year, where I soon discovered that a third of the audience worked for the Australian Sports Commission. They’d just seen the word ‘Sports’ in my title and not read the rest. I totally won them over.
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Jenny Collier
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I always set aside two hours per day in Edinburgh to google my name and those of my nemesii.
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Jez Watts
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018I got a 4.5 star review this year where the reviewer was on their phone the whole show and several times stood up in the middle of the show to take a picture. I had no idea she was a reviewer and I’m really lucky I didn’t attack her for both of those things
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Jim Tavaré
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018My best review was: ‘Mr Tavaré’s show involved a pyro explosion which set off the smoke alarms in the theatre. The entire audience were evacuated, and Mr Tavaré had to finish his set in the car park’
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Jem Brookes
First published in Fringepig - Thursday, June 21st, 2018Not many reviewers have much knowledge about comedy in general, as they are temporary placements to fill space in publications.
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