I always love a bit of variety and every year the Best of Edinburgh serves up three stellar comedians who rocked Edinburgh Fringe. Each comedian is on for half an hour over the 1.5-hour show. The Plus Ones team in Edinburgh tore…
A newcomer to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Isaac Lomman from Comedy Hypnosis! Entranced could sell me on anything – whether he’s trying to sell me a car or the gum off the bottom of his shoe. His voice is…
After climbing the bajillion stairs to get to Tom Ballard’s ‘Boundless Plains to Share‘ comedy lecture, I was ready to sit down and get laughing and learning. Tom Ballard was bouncing up and down the aisle like an indecisive groom/small…
Wil Anderson is significantly better than Madonna – cheaper, more value for money, and starting at 8:47pm, he had a much happier audience. Coming off his two shows from last year, including ‘Political Wil’, and with a constant tendency for…
My first impression when walking into the Athenaeum Theatre to see Alex ‘Shooter’ Williamson was Jim Beam cans, raspberry Vodka Cruisers and a pungent mix of ‘Joop!’ and Britney Spears’ ‘Fantasy’. Even my boyfriend could pick the smell of ‘Fantasy’ in…
Any person who has crossed my path lately has definitely had me shout in their face about how much I love the MICF. If they’re rookie enough to ask what I’ve seen, I’ve then ranted on about the wonderful Simon…
There is a highly creative improvised show that is creating quite a buzz during the first half of this festival. ‘The Mighty Little Puppet Show’ seamlessly brings together both of worlds of professional improvisation and puppetry to create a talented…
‘Best of British‘ is a rollicking, bollocking laugh of the truly British kind. Full of jokes, stories and sledgehammer wit, the show moves along at a great pace as it showcases four British comedians in one hour. I got along to the upstairs…
Laura Dunemann has an astonishingly prevalent fear of death, and a show to be proud of as its consequence. ‘It’s Time For Death’ is her debut solo show, dealing with the inevitability of dying, both pessimistic and optimistic attitudes towards…
Looking for a multi-billed show to get a taste of talent coming up in the comedy world? Multi-bill shows are a great way to experience a mixture of styles and approaches to comedy, and there are plenty going around in…