jena friedman at edinburgh festival review -...
Stand Comedy Club,EdinburghEdgy fabric approximately liberal concerns – Bill Cosby, Ebola –...
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is the edinburgh fringe as middle class as we...
The perception of the festival crowd as entirely middle-course leads standups such as Sarah...
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max and ivan at edinburgh festival review - vivid...
Pleasance Dome,EdinburghThe duo’s latest multi-character show looks at what the (many) residents...
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edinburgh festival: why isnt fringe comedy more...
The world’s biggest comedy festival is an awkward place for Scottish comics to perform. I wish...
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kieran hodgson: lance at edinburgh festival review...
Voodoo Rooms,Edinburgh[br]Hodgson draws on youthful memories, the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong...
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heard the one about the comedian? the standups...
Comedians rarely repeat material by their peers. But plenty of comics are referencing each other at...
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edinburgh festival fringe works; ballett zurich...
Various venues; Edinburgh Playhouse[br]This year’s Edinburgh offerings proved beyond doubt that...
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bridget christie at edinburgh festival review -...
The Stand,EdinburghThe fringe superstar returns with a mostly uproarious, sometimes sobering set in...
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the cost of staging an edinburgh fringe show:...
By the cessation of final year’s festival,one company had made £160 each from their ‘hit show....
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moving sonnets: zurich ballet dance shakespeares...
Choreographer Christian Spuck is aiming to develop dancers who can reflect as well as they move. At...
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the magic flute at edinburgh festival review - all...
Festival theatre,EdinburghTheatre company 1927’s enchanting staging of the opera as a silent film...
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grace the child: the 12 year old standup wowing...
She started at eight years outmoded and is now the youngest comedian to appear on the funniest jokes...
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do theatre companies put too much faith in the...
Edinburgh fringe shows can be calling cards for emerging artists,but making connections should not...
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the wrestling at edinburgh festival review - must...
Pleasance Grand,EdinburghTwenty standups and wrestlers clamber into the ring and smack down in Max...
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from drugs to infidelity: the comedy couple...
Standups Harriet Kemsley and Bobby Mair fill turned their bumpy relationship into fabric for their...
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welcome to the latest comedy trend … yay, smiley...
Standups relish language and forms of communication,so it’s no wonder emojis are a feature of so...
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alasdair grays lanark hits the stage: it s wild...
‘Scotlands Ulysses’ has been turned into a theatrical epic at the Edinburgh festival. For...
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when does poking fun at your audience turn into...
The rules of engagement in theatre have changed,and now audience participation is everywhere. But...
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zoe coombs marr: its a sexist world - comedy just...
The Australian standup explains why there is a little bit of her alter ego Dave – a caricature of...
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stewart lee: a room with a stew at edinburgh...
Lee’s ability to ‘test a set piece to destruction’ is at the fore of an evolving show...
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caroline horton on islands: audiences might ask...
The appalling reviews for our show approximately tax havens led me to wonder whether I’d ever work...
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online standups take the stage in edinburgh
Some of YouTube’s comedy stars hold had millions of hits,but performing on stage is a very...
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daniel kitsons polyphony: edinburgh festival...
Summerhall,EdinburghKitson plays neatly on his Eeyore-ish personality in a cunningly crafted show...
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cool moves: meet the sequin free ice skaters le...
Tired of competing for medals and donning costumes for Disney shows,a group of free-spirited skaters...
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edinburgh sketch comedy roundup: magical,...
From the Boosh-like Beard to Gein’s Family Giftshop willy-jokes and Twisted Loaf’s gurning...
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a girl is a half formed thing: the book that wants...
To make sense of Eimear McBride’s book I read the first chapters out loud. By the end,I was...
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sam simmons wins the fosters edinburgh comedy...
Australian standup takes prize for best comedy show at the fringe,while Sofie Hagen is named best...
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reviewing the reviews - are ratings worth the...
Everyone’s happy when they get a five-star writeup,but often original or more complex work needs...
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whats the one consolation of 10 years of tories?...
Political comedy used be an orthodox,tub-thumping affair. nowadays, it’s a far subtler art, and...
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just for you: the unique power of a theatrical...
If you catch them at the right moment in your life,some shows speak directly to you, as if they were...
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katherine ryan: edinburgh fringe review - gossip...
The Stand,EdinburghRyan excels at the barbed comedy of supercilious (haughty) abuse in a disjointed...
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edinburgh fringe 2015: 10 shows to see
It’s the world’s biggest arts festival,with 300 venues and 10 times as many shows. So where...
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is edinburgh festival really a level playing...
The latest debate in the Guardian and BAC’s A Nation’s Theatre strand looked at the fringe’s...
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refusing limits: why the government must fund...
With their funding under threat,acts which refuse to be sidelined find a platform in Edinburgh’s...
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class of 2015: who are the edinburgh fringes...
Jonny Pelham,Tez Ilyas and Lolly Adefope aren’t among comedy’s substantial names – yet. But...
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how can we keep theatre wages fair?
In an atmosphere of repeated cuts,it’s been heartening to see theatre buildings collaborating with...
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harry houdini and arthur conan doyle: a friendship...
The author and the illusionist might seem an odd couple,but a shared interest in the afterlife made...
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ill miss your dark embrace: standups thank you...
As the Edinburgh festival staggers to the finishing line,comedians contemplate their cramped but...
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what if a gig comes to the theatre? the weekend...
Weekend Rockstars explores what happens when an album’s narrative is played out on stage. Meet...
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all of us being here can move things forward:...
Disabled performers are pushing for a historic shift at 2015’s fringe – from widening...
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help! where do my hair extensions come from?
My stint as a beauty queen set me off on a journey to India and Russia to discover the truth of the...
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i want this to be joyous: edinburgh fringes...
In cabaret shows and musicals such as My glowing Black Dog,performers at the fringe are breaking the...
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edinburgh festival 2015: the six shows you...
A Desert Island Discs spoof,brooding circus performers who strip bare and a Yoko Ono-inspired...
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what is it about warwick? how one university is...
Three of the most outspoken and inventive plays at this year’s fringe come from alumni of Warwick...
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byrnes night: jason and ed byrne on how the...
The comedy veterans – not related – sit down for a post-show drink and wonder what their...
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i wear black to hide the sweat patches: comedians...
Comics at the Edinburgh fringe reveal their sartorial secrets,from furry trousers to see-through...
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ivo van hove on antigone: its about helpless...
Antigone opens at the Edinburgh festival this month with Juliette Binoche in the lead role....
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blair, boris, benn and thatcher: the politicians...
Edinburgh festival has a long tradition of taking on leaders and legislation as dramatic subject...
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straight outta edinburgh: a rap guide to the...
Wherever you look at the festival,comedians are unselfconsciously rocking the mic. Critic Brian...
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edinburgh fringe and international festival...
Timelapse footage filmed by Guardian photographer Murdo Macleod shows a dramatic firework display...
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ballett zurich at edinburgh festival review -...
Playhouse,EdinburghA virtuosic, seductive double bill by Wayne McGregor and Christian Spuck – set...
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