Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
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Andrew Blair
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014This Edinburgh festival Fringe you can join The Alternative Edinburgh Walking Tour. It’s billed as a series of bizarre lies, half-truths, and outright fibs. According to your tour guide, poet Andrew Blair, it’s a better context for his act than a stand up setting. “I lead some bemused tourists and comedy fans around the city. […]
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Tom Rhodes
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014The hotly anticipated debut of multi award-winning comedian Tom Rhodes has finally arrived at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Tom is well known for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism. Martin Walker learns more about Tom’s show, Colossus. “As I have been a comedian for thirty years now I […]
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Lucie Pohl
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014According to her website, Lucie Pohl was born with a moustache. She is a German-born-New York City-raised actor and comedian and certified-Germinican-Kraut-Jew. Since the winter of 2013 Lucie has created two hit solo shows. One of them Hi, Hitler makes its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this year. “Hi, Hitler is a fish out of water […]
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Lou Sanders
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Fresh from appearing on the brilliant Alternative Comedy Experience, Lou Sanders goes hard-pedal with a new show this Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Forty five plus jokes, six props, one hero and a bit of heartbreak… but what is the show actually about? “Well, thanks for asking. A lot of people do stand up shows to get […]
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Anna Emerson
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Anna Emerson is a comedy writer and performer based in London. As one-third of critically acclaimed sketch trio The Boom Jennies, she co-writes and co-stars in BBC Radio 4 sitcom Mission Improbable. Her character comedy An Evening With Patti DuPont arrives at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this august. “The premise of the show is that […]
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Baba Brinkman
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Baba Brinkman picked up a Fringe First for The Rap Guide to Evolution back in 2009. This year he offers a trio of shows including Off the Top, The Canterbury Tales Remixed and The Rap Guide to Religion. Martin Walker caught up with Brinkman to find out more. Tell us about your 2014 Edinburgh Fringe […]
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Katerina Vrana
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Katerina Vrana was born and raised in Greece, but now lives in London and does stand-up in both Greek and English, sometimes simultaneously. She co-runs and MCs Angel Comedy, one of London’s popular comedy clubs. She returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. “I’m doing an updated version of last year’s show Feta with […]
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Fin Taylor
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Enemy of the self-righteous! Conqueror of pretension! Champion of profanity! Fin Taylor dismantles them all. If you don’t like being told what to do, do as we tell you, and go and see the Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Real Talk. “Most of it has its roots in hangover anxiety I think. That idea of feeling […]
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David Trent
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014David Trent is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exclusive twenty six night run. His return to the Fringe is a high-octane audio visual onslaught that promises to be the ultimate in Trentertainment™. This show contains: Projections. Shouting. Film. Shouting. Audio. Shouting. Shouting… “I don’t really like telling anyone about my show as […]
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Gordon Southern
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Gordon Southern’s new Edinburgh Festival Fringe show is called Your New Favourite Comedian. Why the title? In 2001 Gordon first took a solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe, and a dapper Swedish garage rock band released the album Your New Favourite Band. After a lifetime devoted to quality comedy, he’s ready to be an overnight […]
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Francesco De Carlo
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014This Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Francesco De Carlo will guide you on a hysterical journey through politics, love, sex, food, laziness and other Italian specialities. Whatever you think about Italians, he will make you change your mind… Italians Do It Later. “The show answers this question: why would an Italian comedian, after a year of hard […]
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Adam Cullen
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Adam Cullen has a great CV. He was the winner of the 2011 Paddy Laughs Championship and the 2014 Bulmers Forbidden Fruit Comedy Talent Search and a finalist in several other competitions. His standup was featured several times on Irish TV. At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe he appears with his friend, Christiane O’Mahony. “Christine […]
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Igor Meerson
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Igor Meerson is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s first ever Russian stand-up. He takes on the stereotypes about Russia and exposes those about Britain and the West. Igor tells about his childhood in the Soviet Union and life in modern Russia. “It is funny! And unexpected for westerners I guess, as you will hear a Russian’s […]
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Nadia Brooks
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014According to her popular blog, Nadia Brooks is a writer, thinker, dreamer and a doer who knows that life is an adventure. She writes about philosophy, physics and astronomy as well as love, life and laughter. You should check the blog out, it’s really good. But not before you’ve read Martin Walker’s email interview with […]
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Harmon Leon
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Comedian, Harmon Leon has made a career out of going undercover to investigate extremist subcultures in the United States of America. The worst of the worst, he’s infiltrated everything from white supremacist hate groups to reality TV shows. You can catch him perform live at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “I’m your multimedia tour guide […]
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Graham de Banzie
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014The Referendum Review Show features music and comedy from Graham de Banzie, Alex Cox and Ewan Park, as they provide their own take on the Scottish independence debate. The show comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a sell-out run at the Glasgow Southside Fringe Festival. Martin Walker talks to Graham about his involvement. “The […]
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Miss Behave
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Miss Behave’s Game Show is a renegade game show for the austerity generation. In a reaction to the slick and earnest high production that populates the world of entertainment today, Miss Behave presents a deliberately lo-fi, silly and audience-centric bag of fun. “It’s a very silly game show. I divide you based on your smartphone […]
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Edmund Colley
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Like scientists of old, optimistically firing dogs into space, Cosmonauts are launching their alternative sketch comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It’s all fun and games until the oxygen runs out. Martin Walker talks to Edmund Colley of the Lancaster Uni Comedy Institute. “In short, Cosmonauts is a sketch show about an astronaut who has […]
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Mae Martin
First published in Broadway Baby - Sunday, July 20th, 2014Following a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre, Mae Martin is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to workshop her new show. With a chaotic mix of stand-up, songs and audience interaction, she will continue to reinforce the stereotype that Canadians chronically overshare. Martin Walker asks a few questions over the interweb. “This year I’m […]
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Rik Carranza
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014The charming Rik Carranza returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a successful 2013. Martin Walker chatted to Rik via email about his show, and he explains why his comedy is like a world cuisine all you can eat buffet. “I frequently get described as ‘charming’. During last year’s Fringe it was from a Broadway […]
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Brains Mcloud
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Brains Mcloud is attempting to convince the world that he’s the best half Scottish American half South African rapping stand-up comedian at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. At least he’s narrowed down the competition and found a niche market. The title of the show is Brains Mcloud: 15 Reasons Why Justin Bieber is Gay. “My […]
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Rhys Nicholson
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Rhys Nicholson returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show, new suits and an inflatable llama. Tell us about your show. “Wow straight into the questions. Not even a hello. It’s been like a year since we spoke and this is how you greet me? Jeez. “My show Eurgh is essentially 55 minutes […]
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Marc Jennings
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Fresh from their sold-out show at the Glasgow Comedy Festival, Marc Jennings and Stephen Buchanan make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut. If you haven’t caught any of their online sketches or seen them performing stand-up live already, you can join the boys for an afternoon of hilarity, hijinks and high fructose corn syrup. “Every year […]
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Mat Ewins
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Six months ago, secret agent Mat Ewins was killed and died. Now he’s back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “My show this year is very much a follow up to last year’s Knead for Speed, where I attempted to break the record for preparing the most amount of dough in an hour while telling a […]
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Ola
First published in Broadway Baby - Friday, July 18th, 2014Ola writes for The Now Show, The News Quiz and Nathan Caton’s Can’t Tell Me Nothing. You may of seen him on MTV Base. He’s in Edinburgh looking for a wife. “My Edinburgh show is entitled The Comedian and His Future Wife. It’s about my desire to find a wife, and become one of the […]
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