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EDITION #11: at the Festival this year, the line-up that will warm audiences to them. are charming, instantly likeable and changes everyday. Perhaps it was Just The Tonic @ The Caves until 25 Aug enticingly funny. This show probably TUE 13 AUG 2013 the ambience created by the top (not 13), 5.00pm. won’t change the world, but the floor of the dinky bus, but I’m sure tw rating 4/5 | [Joe Abel] liberal agenda it sets out makes for the cool and laid back atmosphere a pleasant, relaxed evening, free COMEDY will remain throughout its run. It The Maydays: Confessions from worries that you’ll be bullied felt like a few really funny people for getting up to go to the toilet or coming together for a laugh, which (EMX Management in coming from some unfashionable Joe Bor Is Jasper made a nice change from some association with The town. Also, Veronica is a host as Cromwell Jones of the other slightly over-polished Maydays presents) funny as her guests, which is so rare Joe Bor makes a welcome return to shows at the Festival. So prepare to I’m guessing you have never it deserves a medal. the Festival, this time poking fun at belt up for a chilled ride trough the expected your personal confessions Laughing Horse @The Phoenix, until 26 obscenely wealthy youngsters. He Fringe’s rocky comedic landscape to be read aloud in front of a room Aug, 8.00pm. plays the part of a spoiled toff very (although unfortunately, the bus of strangers, for them then to be tw rating 4/5 | [James Hampson] well and ensures there are plenty of doesn’t actually move). dissected and ripped apart by a amusing references to his privileged Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, until comedy troupe - and I bet you Kindness (Sam Brady / upbringing. The focus is mainly on 25 Aug, 4.15pm. never expected to like it. Yet here the character’s mountaineering PBH’s Free Fringe) tw rating: 3/5 [Patricia-Ann Young] The Maydays are, making play of DAILY attempts, and to that effect he Would we all be happier if we your dirty little secrets. Riffing from supplements his stand-up with valued kindness a little bit more? The St Andrews Revue anonymous audience suggestions great props and a couple of clips (submitted before the show) the Sam Brady certainly thinks so, and The St Andrews Revue provided of the character seemingly atop group do hit their fair share of has dedicated an hour of stand-up a decent and engaging set of mountains, which effectively keep humdingers, but unfortunately comedy to the subject. With this sketches at the delightful Caves the audience engaged; a few more seem to lack the stamina to keep naturally funny and charismatic venue. There was a tendency for videos would have been welcome, their constructed scenarios going man, there wasn’t one moment a couple of the performers to in fact. Joe was consistently (evidenced by their quick fire of this show that felt contrived or frequently take the more dominant funny throughout, and, although round being the strongest section forced. We heard hilarious (and role in scenes, but all members he relied a little too much on the of the show). Still, it is a deliciously some quite poignant) anecdotes of the cast demonstrated equal repetition of jokes, his delivery was interesting idea, if one that is only that drove home his point that comedic capability. A restaurant perfectly honed. A couple of quickly very nearly pulled off. even though humans are flawed, improvised gags helped further date scenario, in which a creepy the little acts of kindness really narrator was intent on imposing Underbelly Cowgate, until 25 Aug (not 13), SNAP OF THE DAY: Poems to order! On the Meadows. Photo: Mark Dawson endear him to the crowd. A highly 2.20pm. do make a difference. The show polished performance. himself on the hapless couple, managed to stick to the subject tw rating 3/5 [Patricia-Ann Young] generated the most laughs of the matter without even slightly veering Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2 – 26 Aug (not 7, 14 Aug), 7.00pm. evening. Some sketches, however, into sanctimonious or self-righteous Mitch Benn Is The 37th silly giggles, the pair would have passionate about what he’s doing seemed to drag a little and did not The Noise Next Door certainly got away with it. Their that you go with him. A great story tw rating | 4/5 | [Ian Freeman] territory. It’s not a lecture, but simply Beatle (IMWP) match this high standard. This was Comedy Lock-In (Bound and a light-hearted take on human Mitch Benn is an accomplished surgically precise timing matched and very entertaining, just don’t particularly true of the group’s take Gagged) nature and on his own (sometimes performer, combining witty that of the originals, and Jonty expect too many laugh-out-loud Old Jewish Jokes (Ivor on the psyche of “controlling” Judy Take a step back people, and let the failed) attempts at being a good musical anecdotes with Beatles Stephens flawlessly captured Eric’s moments. Dembina / Free Festival) Murray; a subject that numerous ultimate heroes of improv, Fringe person. Emotional and uplifting. parodies (complete with a Lennon endearingly exasperating nature. Just The Tonic at The Tron, until 25 Aug Ivor Dembina has a warning for sketch acts seem to be relying on veterans The Noise Next Door, make Cabaret Voltaire, until 24 Aug (not 19), voice-enhancer). This expertly- Yet, it was a pleasure to see the (not 13), 3.40pm. any reviewers in the room: don’t across the Fringe this year. their way to the stage. Watch in 1.20pm. crafted satire is perfect for both production painting a frame of tw rating 3/5 | [Sophie Nicoll] overlook the title of his show. “These Just The Tonic at The Caves, until 25 Aug wonder as they make your demands tw rating 4/5 | [Jessica Cropper] hardcore music aficionados and tragedy around the comedians: are meant to be old jokes, all right?” (not 13), 3.20pm. reality, witness their guests (in this those entirely ignorant; Benn’s demonstrating the sorrow of being Mervyn Stutter’s Pick Of The As long as anyone going pays a tw rating 3/5 | [Jonathan Mayo] case Vicky Stone and Mick Ferry) first song explains who the rock ‘n’ the last living half of a double act, similar moment’s attention – to both Funeral Replacement Fringe (22nd year) ease into the spirit of things, and roll band were through a hilarious rather than simply keeping their the terms ‘old’ and ‘Jewish’ – they’ll Service (Ghost Bus Tours) The Fringe can be intimidating, The Leeds Tealights: The listen out for their brilliance as the comparison to One Direction. His audience chortling bi-minutely. be in for a pleasurable evening. The You’re invited to celebrate the life can’t it? With venues spread apart audience howls along with them. intentionally tenuous claim to be Morecambe and Wise appreciators veteran comic presents his selection Ultimate Indoor Experience of Roger Cocksweets (pronounced and hidden, and so much to do. Clever, puntastic and as sharp as the 37th Beatle was unravelled – and otherwise – will enjoy this of the best observational jokes and (Leeds Tealights) “Co-sweets”), and the funeral will be Mervyn Stutter’s show showcases Burke’s knife, these five boys will throughout the show, along with a simple yet lovely production. one liners from a rich tradition of Masters of misdirection taking place on his old Routemaster his best of different genres and gouge the laughter out of you list of 36 other individuals with more Gilded Balloon @ Teviot, until 26 Aug (not cultural comedy, within the neat disguising themselves in the bus (pay your respects to the acts from ballet to theatre, stand through their games, individual established links to the Fab Four. 14 Aug ), 3.45pm, 5.45pm. framework of badging it as material drab homogeneous garb of coffin as you board). Theatre on up to cabaret, designed to make talent, character and collective What really sets the show apart is tw rating [4/5] | Kate Pasola he supposedly wasn’t allowed to manufactured boy-bands, these wheels is a great concept, and this the punter’s life easier. It’s expertly enthusiasm, which must surely put that it’s incredibly well-researched, perform at a synagogue benefit gig. four performers are anything but, unconventional commemoration compèred by Stutter, who gets pretty much every other improv informative and engaging. Benn’s Dave Griffiths: C U In Court Some routines are better known skilfully navigating the boundaries treats you to video messages from the audience warmed up and troupe at this Festival in the shade: fast-paced trawl through the life than others, but all are delivered of good taste without ever irate relatives, graphic poetry, and a (King Cnut) conducts informative interviews mark my words, I have not laughed and legacy of the Beatles (and why near-flawlessly by Dembina. So, if transgressing into shocking for the grandson who goes around chatting Dave Griffiths, otherwise known as with the acts. Giving a more this much in a long, long time. Simon Cowell will never emulate old Jewish jokes are your thing, why sake of it. Sketches are quick-fire everyone up. The real problem King Cnut, tells us all about his legal eclectic spread of performers than Pleasance Courtyard, 24 Aug, 11:00. their success) held the audience go anywhere else? and transition smoothly, helping to is that, at 45ish minutes, it’s too battle with French Connection over other showcases in Edinburgh, tw rating 5/5 | [Joseph Trotter] totally captivated.

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