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Photo: Kat Gollock MORE ONLINE> Adam Larter and Ali Brice: poetry too. Ultimately it was the hamper to a noose. This should from his life, and steers clear of his reminiscing about her disastrous particularly memorable about jokes just didn’t land, made obvious Plumpy’nut collaboration of the three that really give you some comprehension usual political satire. So if you’re a 13th birthday party. Between this show. Here’s hoping future by the silence in the room. The There is a quotation (Pay-What-You-Want / Ali brought the show to life, giving it as to the variety on display at fan, or are just keen to be treated to mouthfuls of party rings, the performances have more appeal. show picked up when Ferdy took to “that goes along the a well-rounded finish. Combined ‘Aberdeen vs Glasgow vs the World’. a live showcase of Brigstocke’s killer audience are suddenly plunged into the stage and did some tech-heavy Brice - Adam Larter) Laughing Horse @ Espionage, until 25 lines of, ‘Everybody has with Smith’s masterful timing and a Confusing premise aside, this is dance moves, then this show is not a jumbled game of musical chairs. Aug, 5.00pm. stand-up material, particularly When characters include the wealth of experience to draw upon, basically a showcase of seven local likely to disappoint. Accompanied by a ukulele, Hodes tw rating 2/5 | [Mairi McNicol] about the different sounds used the right to offend and agricultural fairy, Farmer Farmerson the outcome was always going to be comedians (the rest of the world Assembly Hall, until 25 Aug (not 12), performs a number of ludicrous in branding, but his delivery was a everybody has the right to and Pig Shop Pete, you begin to get thoroughly entertaining. was represented by Edinburgh). 9.10pm. but humorously outspoken songs weak and some of the gags were an idea of how ludicrous this show Charles Booth: We Cool? be offended but nobody Pleasance Courtyard, until 18 Aug, 2.30pm. Think of an exclusively Scottish tw rating 4/5 | [Jessica Cropper] such as ‘Your Dog’s Not Asleep It’s quite cheesy. With a little work, this is. Overwhelmingly low-brow and (Charles Booth / PBH’s Free has the right to NOT be tw rating 4/5 | [Ankur Anil Shah] ‘Live at the Apollo’ and then lower Dead’, while the presentation of show could be great, but it’s not immature, if this is what you seek your expectations. With a winningly her farmyard collage is the hight Fringe) really there yet. offended’. This, I think, is in comedy then look no further. Alan Hudson: Magician Or enthusiastic host and stand-out of bewildering silliness. This was Charles Booth oozes charm and El Barrio, until 23 Aug (not 12), 5.00pm. Cheesy pop and disturbing dancing Staple/face: Bathtime Superhero? (Alan Hudson) confidence; a suave character, but true. However, I think that performer in the way of Robin less a comedy show and more of a tw rating 2/5 | [Victoria Beardwood] filled the gaps in an otherwise With Tom’s Dad Grainger, this show will present Alan Hudson plays a superhero, but mish-mashed exposition of Hodes’ one that unfortunately is simply quotation fails to mention unimpressive script, doing this (Staple/Face / PBH’s Free you with laughs, chuckles, groans not one who flies or fights crime. outlandish hobbies. The short guest not as funny as I was hoping he Catherine Semark – Shadow one very important comedy duo no favours. To the Fringe) and eye-watering silences. It’s The idea is that his magic tricks are appearance from a man with an would be. ‘Charles Booth: We Cool?’

Ape (PHB’S ) thing: the person who credit of the performers they made Fresh faces with fresh ideas, Staple/ underground comedy of the most his super powers. He switches cans intense love of cats topped off this is a character comedy show, with the most out of the poor material, of coke “without touching them” Face are a three-man sketch group unpredictable kind, I’m just not sure unique but unusual experience. well constructed and performed Catherine Semark’s show shines offends has a pretty large “ and were energetic and enthusiastic to demonstrate super speed and that certainly have potential. Their the comedic diamonds were worth The Phoenix – Cellar Bar, 1-2, 4-13, 15-25 characters. Booth uses accents to a comical light on a variety of obligation to think long throughout. The inconsistent opening was a little shaky, perhaps all the rough. upturns a bottle of water without Aug 3.45pm. good effect, creating characters social situations that we can all laughter of the audience suggests spilling a drop to show power over embarrassingly relate to. She talks and hard about doing it attributable to a lack of experience Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, until tw rating 3/5 | [Kayleigh Head] with the potential to be funny. There this is a show with some, albeit or simply unsettled nerves. 25 Aug, 5.00pm. the elements. Hudson engages are glimmers of hope between the about the lengths we all take to Chris Stokes ‘Tells It Like It little, potential. With the greatest the audience reasonably well and, awkward laughs, but the simple avoid various awkward situations, Nonetheless, what emerged were tw rating 2/5 | [Andrew Pollard] The Lunchtime Special Possibly Could Potentially Might of respect, if they could make it a while some of his illusions feel like a fact is that his material is not good our natural tendency to pretend glimpses of comedic brilliance, with Be’ in our latest guest column. little more PG, I honestly believe this new gimmick on an old trick, some (CKP) enough to sustain jokes for the that we’re better at life than we an outstanding performance by Pajama Men – Just The Two Check it out online at could become a sell-out children’s are genuinely intriguing. Though Never mind lunchtime specials full fifty-five minutes. I suspect actually are and - of course - our Tom Burgess. Variety is inseparable Of Each of Us www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk/2013CS show. from sketch comedy, but by the show is well-structured and of a culinary kind, this matinee Booth would be brilliant as part of a international obsession with Heroes @ The Hive, until 25 Aug, 2.44pm. avoiding the classic clichés they (Pajama Men and Assembly) certainly good fun, it is not quite will certainly whet your comical comedy group, but on his own he’s drawing the cock and balls symbol. funny or impressive enough to be a appetite. The show swings from tw rating 2/5 | [Ankur Anil Shah] offer something - dare I say it - From the moment they walked on just not funny enough to compete Semark’s energetic and truthful genuinely different. The chemistry stage, the atmosphere was electric. truly great show. That being said, it’s a cathartic Santander-slagging with the big names. A rather painful humour, her accompanying nice to see a magic shows with an sing-a-long to a comedian who is, Chris Martin: of the group was endearing and this The ‘Pajama Men’, used no props, hour, but one that does show drawings and her unusual passion only the audience’s imagination, to overarching theme. Overall, a good rather frustratingly, the comedy potential. for cooking mouldering vegetables Passionate About The helped to smooth over the smaller sculpt a kaleidoscope of cartoonish, family show. equivalent of a pinball machine: make for a number of laugh out Pointless mistakes in the performance. They The Dram House Upstairs, until 24 Aug may need to tighten things up, and eccentric and often caricatured at The Caves, until 25 Aug frenzied and chaotic. Nevertheless, (not 12, 19), 1.00pm. loud moments throughout. Not only This tightly written comedy show two stand out performances this show is by no means perfect, characters, whose storylines (not 13), 4.40pm. tw rating 2/5 | [Alice Taylor] that – her addictive catfox-dogpig from Chris Martin showcased his but these guys embody that Fringe gradually revolve together. There’s tw rating 3/5 [Julian Joseph] come courtesy of Brennan Reece, game will undoubtedly become wit, and proved it’s possible to be whose style of spirit you’ve heard so much about. the flamboyant Spaniard who Cecilia Delatori: Quick, your new favourite past-time. incredibly enthusiastic when talking finds every challenge too easy, eccentricity proves to be extremely ‘Shadow Ape’ is certainly a fun and PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Voodoo Rooms, Instant Order: Trial By about being irritated by minor popular with the audience, and Quick, Slough! (Cecilia engaging show that we can all relate until 25 Aug (not 12), 12.20pm. then a king and his evil wizard. PODCASTS> events. A particularly funny diatribe With their mixture of sketch Audience (Vicious Fish Scottish comedian Fern Brady, Delatori) to in some way. tw rating 4/5 | [Ankur Anil Shah] against taking baths was followed comedy and physical theatre, Theatre / PBH’s Free Fringe) who is obnoxious, rude and utterly Unfortunately for the likeable The Voodoo Rooms – French Quarter, Edition Eight of the by some effective audience Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez ‘Instant Order’ is an engaging brilliant. With a daily rotation of six Cecilia Delatori, a hilarious guest- until 25 Aug 1.30pm. That’s Not How You Spell ThreeWeeks podcast participation, to root out those who satirise everything from medieval improv show where the audience comedians, if today’s performances spot from Jenny Beake was the tw rating 4/5 | [Kayleigh Head] decant their cereal into plastic tubs. Pedantic (Jim Higo / PBH’s fantasy, to 50s ‘Creature Feature’ are the jury in a courtroom. They are anything to go by, this is the highlight of this show. It starts magazine is now online – Such trivialities may have dragged Free Fringe) movies and American TV. The are given the task of solving a perfect show to see some of the bizarrely, with Delatori dusting bits featuring… in less competent hands, but the Punk poet and grammar-nazi Jim show is accompanied beautifully murder case, which is acted out best up-and-comers of the festival of furniture and claiming that the show sailed by and the majority of Higo has a list of language crimes by Kevin Hume, whose melodic by the performers. The audience in an intimate venue before they guitar was “just for show” (it wasn’t THEATRE Luke Toulson gags raised laughter around the and social media bugbears. It’s improvisation perfectly sets suggest a location, an animal and (inevitably) hit the big time. – she could play it). A fair chunk of room. One or two extended jokes super-bitter, lifted only by the the atmosphere for each scene. a children’s toy, and the performers Just the Tonic at The Tron, until 25 Aug Delatori’s material fell flat, although Sleight Of Mind Jenny Williams did feel a little contrived at times, obviously whimsical poems about The show is infinitely clever and must incorporate these ideas into (not 13), 12.30pm. a couple of mini-poems and a song (Out Of The Bag and occasionally it felt as though the show, whilst creating characters about Maggie Smith got some Thunderbards executing people who use dangling endlessly entertaining; I cannot tw rating 4/5 | [Mairi McNicol] Productions) his irateness was slightly forced. participles. But black humour needs recommend it highly enough. and scenes to build up the murder belly-laughs. It took a while for her As detective Goldman hunches I wouldn’t say I was incredibly a sense of fun if it’s to let us in, and Assembly Roxy, until 26 Aug (not 12, 19), plot. Although the performance to warm up; when she did, she was Anthropoetry Laughing Horse Free in his raincoat, a melancholic sax passionate about the show, but this is overfull of bad sex puns and 9.00pm. wasn’t side-splittingly funny, the funny in a strange, affable sort of Comedy Selection solo in the air, it isn’t just him who seeing Chris Martin was certainly half-cocked John Cooper Clarke actors managed to create several way, like a strange mixture of Meera She Was Probably Not tw rating 5/5 [Julian Joseph] (Laughing Horse Free has the “strange feeling” that he’s not pointless. imitation. He’s both a socialist and a humorous and imaginative story Syal and Dobby from ‘Peep Show’. A Robot been here before. Those with Pleasance Courtyard, 6-25 Aug, 7.05 pm. linguistic conservative, and I respect lines, characters and scenes. The Festival) With more polish, more confidence Je m’accuse – I Am Marcus any familiarity with film noir will tw rating | 4/5 [Ian Freeman] people who buck clichés like this - audience were eventually given the As comedy showcases go, this was and less gimmickry, Delatori Plus check out loads of (Off The Kerb Productions In find plenty to amuse them in this but not to the point of contradicting duty of scouting out the murderer not one of the strongest examples could be excellent. See this show, parody, in which a detective with Podcast Extras with clips themselves, as he sometimes does Association With Corduroy to be sentenced, using their of talent at the festival. With a daily however, for Beake’s appearance. Arthur Smith a fondness for speaking to himself of great Fringe shows by mocking modern working-class Productions) detecting skills to decide who is turnover of different comedians, Laughing Horse @ Espionage, until 25 Discussing death, depression is pitted against an actor and his speech. His desperation and self- A skilled showman, it came as guilty. This is a fun, family-friendly this is perhaps is a blessing in Aug (not 13, 20), 1.30pm. and dementia, amongst other disturbingly lifelike dummy. While www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk/podcasts deprecation work well, and he’s no great surprise that Marcus and creative improv show. disguise. The show started off tw rating 2/5 | [Arjun Sajip] jolly things, Arthur Smith is the plot has potential, however, full of energy throughout, but he Brigstocke gave a great The Dram House, until 24 Aug (not 6,13) strong and ended well; comedian back. Mocking everything from it has too many strands for a half doesn’t manage to recruit us to his performance. His perfectly-timed 3.45pm. Matt Price utilised his short time Leonard Nimoy to anyone vaguely It’s Not Really There (Lynsey hour production, making it easy cause. gags were delivered with his tw rating 3/5 | [Kayleigh Head] on stage enough to prove that enthusiastic, the star of the Bonell and Trevor Ferdy / to become lost in the murky realm trademark ease and coolness, as he is a worthwhile act to see at television show ‘Grumpy Old Men’ The Royal Oak, until 23rd Aug, 3.15pm. of fragile egos, fires and fedoras. he discussed former jobs as an this year’s festival, while Scottish PBH’s Free Fringe) met every expectation. Interspersed tw rating 2/5 | [Gavin Leech] Liberty Hodes – But It’s My As every Chandler criminal learns, oil-rig worker and a dancer. We also comedian Obie closed the show in ‘It’s Not Really There’ is the perfect with his stand-up he performed Birthday! (Laughing Horse having everything comes at a cost hear of the darker aspects of his a surreal yet enthralling manner. title for this show. While some of some of Leonard Cohen’s finest - but this is a good effort from a Aberdeen Vs Glasgow Vs The past, including an eating disorder, Free Festival) However, other performers seemed the ideas that real-life couple Bonell songs, which occasionally felt young cast. World - Final Round - Free and a drink and drug addiction, ‘But It’s My Birthday!’ is a hectic to either revert to making crass and and Ferdy explored were - in their like an unnecessary tribute, but (Ginger Ale Comedy/ Free but these more serious subjects and chaotically unconventional lazy jokes about men’s genitals, essence - brilliant, the way they theSpace On The Mile, until 9 Aug, overall were enjoyable. I’ve found 2.00pm. Festival) were approached with the perfect performance. The eccentric Hodes or to simply shouting down the were executed didn’t work. After an INFO pin-pointing the success of this begins by fumbling around on stage microphone. With the exception of awkward start, Bonell took the lead tw rating [3/5] | [Sarah Richardson] Imagine a local raffle with prizes balance of sensitivity and humour. Published by ThreeWeeks Publishing, show difficult - the comedy was in an enormous hot dog costume, Price and Obie, there was nothing and did some solo stand-up. She that range from a nice food It is essentially a series of anecdotes a division of UnLimited Media good, as was the music and the was upbeat and childlike, but her www.unlimitedmedia.co.uk