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Comedy at Edinburgh Festival 2014

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ED2014 COMEDY FEATURES

John Kearns takes the Edinburgh Comedy Award23 August 2014

Morgan & West: A subtle kind of magic23 August 2014

Lizzie Bates: Five acts of everyday rebellion23 August 2014

Rhys Mathewson: Top five tips for getting through your 'werewolf hour'23 August 2014

Pomme Is French For Apple: The art of flirting22 August 2014

Nick Hall: An anti-literacy campaign22 August 2014

Tom Neenan: The incident at the Half Moon Inn (A Fringe ghost story)22 August 2014

Jason Cook: Celebrating broken flyerers21 August 2014

Alfie Moore: Scottish law21 August 2014

Rayguns Look Real Enough: Heading for the Hall Of Fame?21 August 2014

Edinburgh's comedy award frenzy20 August 2014

Caroline Kaplan: Twelve Lessons I’ve Learned About Comedy After Seeing 34 Shows at the Fringe20 August 2014

Dan Clark: Brings him selfie back to the Fringe20 August 2014

Catriona Knox: Post-boom bloom20 August 2014

Gein’s Family Giftshop: A Question For Three19 August 2014

Slayer launches new Fringe comedy prize19 August 2014

Ria Lina: Five lessons to teach in homeschool18 August 2014

Photo Shoot: Dan Clark18 August 2014

Dane Baptiste: Ten things to do at the Fringe when you’re dead (that is, you died on stage)18 August 2014

Photo Shoot: Rayguns Look Real Enough17 August 2014

Jim Campbell: The do’s and don’ts of Fringe flat sharing17 August 2014

Joey Page: This is not a quiz17 August 2014

Finalists announced for Amused Moose Laughter Awards16 August 2014

Titty Bar Ha Ha: The Great Escape16 August 2014

Baba Brinkman: Religious Rap-Ture15 August 2014

John Robertson: A ThreeWeeks nifty history15 August 2014

Massive Dad: A Question For Three15 August 2014

Abigoliah Schamaun: How to talk dirty and influence people14 August 2014

Sophie Willan: Meet the novice detective14 August 2014

Reviews Feature: Reviewing the ****ing Fringe13 August 2014

Barry Ferns: Top ten Fringe publicity stunts13 August 2014

Short & Curly: The penis on the posters Who Dunnit?13 August 2014

Fringe comics heckle Christ13 August 2014

Reviews Feature: Shows by Chris13 August 2014

Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie: Act To Act13 August 2014

Artists For Gaza to stage fundraiser for MAP tonight12 August 2014

Eddie Izzard leads tributes from the Fringe to Robin Williams12 August 2014

Photo Shoot: Chris Martin12 August 2014

Letter To Edinburgh: Nat Luurtsema12 August 2014

Photo Shoot: Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie11 August 2014

Aidan Goatley: Top Scottish films10 August 2014

Chris Martin: Fringe responsibilliness10 August 2014

BEASTS: A Question For Three9 August 2014

Marcel Lucont & Yacine Belhousse: Act To Act9 August 2014

Thanks for the (Fringe) memories: The Nualas8 August 2014

A poem from Justice Radiator6 August 2014

Axis Of Awesome: The axis most awesome returns6 August 2014

Photo Shoot: Axis Of Awesome5 August 2014

A Fringe full of ventures Part 1: Freestival5 August 2014

Letter To Edinburgh: Doug Segal5 August 2014

Renkow takes first comedy gong of the Fringe4 August 2014

Virgin takes Fringe comedy to the skies3 August 2014

Three To See 2014: Musical comedy3 August 2014

David O'Doherty to perform extra gig tonight to support fellow Fringe show2 August 2014

Celia Pacquola: Seeing how it all works out2 August 2014

Patrick Monahan on his preview night surprise1 August 2014

Three To See 2014: Free acts you’ve probably heard of1 August 2014

Three To See 2014: Sketch comedy30 July 2014

Sarah Campbell: Top Fringe worries30 July 2014

Three To See 2014: Referendum-themed comedy29 July 2014

Izzard to lead multinational comedy gala28 July 2014

Three To See 2014: Comedy misery and death, yay!27 July 2014

Chris Turner: Standing up, not digging down27 July 2014

Three To See 2014: ThreeWeeks approved comedy26 July 2014

Zoe Lyons: Champion mustard cutter24 July 2014

Three To See 2014: Top Improv Comedy Tips24 July 2014

Edinburgh Comedy Awards judging panel confirmed23 July 2014

Dan Schreiber: The idiot elf arrives at the Fringe23 July 2014

HiBROW and Odeon take the Fringe to the UK's cinema screens19 July 2014

Mark Restuccia: How to fill a stand-up's day19 July 2014

Sam Brady: 8 simple ways to be kind at the Fringe17 July 2014

Packed lined up confirmed for this year's Waverley Care Gala16 July 2014

Susan Calman: The lady like Fringe13 July 2014

ED2014 COMEDY REVIEWS

#meetandtweet (Declan Dineen) 10 Films With My Dad (Aidan Goatley / PBH's Free Fringe) Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised (Racing Minds) Abandoman - Hot Desk (Underbelly Productions by arrangement with Dawn Sedgwick Management) Ahir Shah - Texture (Ahir Shah) Al Donegan - Five Of The Worst Things I Ever Did (Love Me Tinder Productions) Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall - Success Arms (Don't Be Lonely) Alfie Moore - The Naked Stun (Mick Perrin Worldwide) Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) An Evening With Patti Dupont (Anna Emerson / La Favorita Freestival) Andrew Maxwell Hubble Bubble (Brett Vincent For Get Comedy) Andy De La Tour Stand-Up Or Die In New York (Gilded Balloon) Angry Young Women In Low Rise Jeans With High Class Issues (Innes Worth Productions) Anil Desai's Late Night At The Movies (Anil Desai / Free Festival) Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel (Austentatious) Aye Right? How No? - The Comedy Countdown To The Referendum With Vladimir McTavish & Keir McAllister (Vladimir McTavish & Keir McAllister) Backwards Anorak - Winter is Coming Bec Hill - Ellipsis (Ditto Productions) Benny Boot - Greatest Hits Volume II (Brett Vincent For Get Comedy) Beta Males - Happenstance (Ditto Productions) Beth Vyse - Get Up With Hands! (Mike Leigh Associates) BongoLicious (Njambi McGrath) Brendon Burns And Colt Cabana Sit In A 150 Seater At 10pm And Provide The Commentary To Bad Wrestling Matches (Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana) Brent Weinbach - Appealing to the Mainstream Bulletproof (Shazia Mirza) Cal Wilson - It Could Have Been Me (Token Events) Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2014: Real Feelings (Cambridge Footlights) Carl Donnelly - Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol 6 (Avalon Promotions Ltd) Catriona Knox Thinks She's Hard Enough (in association with United Agents) Caution To The Wind (Chris Boyd) Celia Pacquola - Let Me Know How It All Works Out (PBJ Management) Charlie O'Connor Dandyisms (Corrie McGuire For Objective Talent) Chris Cook - Charlatan (Chris Cook Magic / PBH's Free Fringe) Chris Kent - Uncorked Chris Martin - Responsibilliness (Phil McIntyre Entertainments / Aura Talent Ltd) Chris Turner - Pretty Fly (Fluid Thinking) Clever Peter - The Dream Factory (Ditto Productions by arrangement with Troika) Cook And Davies Present - Planet Earth And All Who Sailed In Her (Cook And Davies) Coppers Uncovered - The Walk Of Shame Croft & Pearce - Give And Take (Vivienne Smith Management) Dan Jones - New Kid (Live Nation) Dan Nightingale Is Trying His Best Not To Be A Dick (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex) Dane Baptiste - Citizen Dane (Bound And Gagged Comedy) David Jesudason - Things My Dad Says (David Jesudason / Free Festival) David Trent - Live At The Pleasance Courtyard Demi Lardner - Birds With Human Lips (Demi Lardner) Des Clarke - The Trouble With Being Des (Des Clarke) Dizney Rascal (Rebecca Humphries / Freestival) Eleanor Morton - Lollipop (Eleanor Morton) Emily Snee Is Bifurious (Emily Snee / Free Festival) Ennio Marchetto - The Living Paper Cartoon (Glynis Henderson Productions Ltd) FanFiction Comedy (FanFiction Comedy) Feminism For Chaps (Andrew Watts) Foul Play. The F*cking Nasty Show (Brett Vincent for Get Comedy, TheProducersUK and Pleasance Theatre Trust) Four Screws Loose In The Big Screw Up (James Grant Comedy) Francesco De Carlo - Italians Do It Later (Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Eddie Izzard) Frisky And Mannish - Just Too Much (Underbelly Productions by arrangement with United Agents) Fylm School (Show And Tell and Simon Munnery) Gary Little, The Thing Is (Gary Little) GIRAFFE - Let's Talk About Sketch Baby (Giraffe) Glenn Cosby - Food Junkie (Brett Vincent for Get Comedy) Harvey, Garvey And The Kane (Bound And Gagged Comedy) Hennessy And Friends - Murmurs (in association with James Grant Comedy / La Favorita Freestival) I Am Not Malala (Sadia Azmat) I'm Thinking Of Leaving Facebook (Lolly Jones) Ian Smith - Flappable (CKP in association with DAA Managment) Igor Meerson, Hou I Lernt Inglish (Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dylan Moran) Imran Yusuf - Roar Of The Underdog (Live Nation) James Acaster - Recognise (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) Jamie MacDonald - That Funny Blind Guy 2 - The Good, The Stag And The Ugly (Jamie MacDonald) Japanese Samurai Don Quixote Challenging Giant English Windmills! (Hiroshi Shimizu / Free Festival) Jim Campbell's Personal Space (Ditto Productions) Jody Kamali - One Man Variety Show (Jody Kamali / Free Festival) Joey Page - This Is Not A Circus (with PBJ Management) Jonny Awsum - Sexy Noises (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex) Jonny Lennard - Tale Blazer (So Comedy by arrangement with Troika) Joseph Morpurgo - Odessa (The Invisible Dot Ltd) Josie Long - Cara Josephine (Josie Long with Show And Tell) Katia Kvinge presents Karacters (Katia Kvinge / PBH's Free Fringe) Katie Mulgrew - Happily Ever After (Avalon Promotions Ltd) Kevin Day - Standy Uppy (So Comedy by arrangement with Troika) Kids With Beards - Quest For The Golden Beard (Kids With Beards Comedy) Kraken (Underbelly Productions) Laughter Is The Worst Medicine (Lost Voice Guy) Laurence Clark - Moments of Instant Regret (CKP in association with Beyond Compere) Laurence Owen - Lullabies Of Pervland Le Flop (Le Flop) Lee Griffiths - Post-Traumatic Sketch Disorder (Soho Theatre) Lewis Schaffer - Success Is Not An Option (Lewis Schaffer / Heroes PWYW) Lights! Camera! Improvise! The Improvised Movie (Mischief Theatre) Liz Peters - Toybox (Liz Peters / La Favorita Freestival) Lizzie Bates - Reprobates (Lizzie Bates) Lloyd Griffith - Voice of an Angel, Body of a Trucker (Kilimanjaro / Lee Martin for Gag Reflex / Glorious Management) Lloyd Langford – Old Fashioned (Mick Perrin Worldwide) Lucy Porter - Me Time (Lucy Porter) Luke Toulson - Laid Back Grouch (Luke Toulson / PBH's Free Fringe) Maff Brown - Born Again Comedian (Bound and Gagged Comedy) Mark Grist & MC Mixy - Dead Poets' Death Match (Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Independent Talent) Marlon Davis - Once Upon A Grime (Off The Kerb Productions) Martin Pilgrim - Diary Farmer (Martin Pilgrim / La Favorita Freestival) Massive Dad (The Pleasance) Matt Roper - Wilfredo Deconstructed (Matt Roper / Heroes PWYW) Matt Winning And Lolly Adefope Michael Downey - Blue Sometimes (Bound and Gagged Comedy) Milo McCabe - Troy Hawke (IMWP) Miss Glory Pearl - The Naked Stand-Up (Miss Glory Pearl) Murder, She Didn't Write - The Improvised Murder Mystery (Degrees Of Error) Natasia Demetriou - You'll Never Have All Of Me (The Invisible Dot Ltd) Nathaniel Metcalfe (Glorious Management / PBH’s Free Fringe) Naton Caton - Teenage Mutant Nathan Caton (Off The Kerb Productions) NewsRevue 2014 (Canal Café Theatre) No Strings (Pot Kettle) Outrageous Courageous Highly Contagious - Israeli Style Improv (Lamabati) Overlooked (Lizzy Mace/ La Favorita Freestival) Paul Ricketts' West End Story (Comedy Verity) Phil Wang - Mellow Yellow (Avalon Promotions Ltd) Playing With Myself - The Trials And Tribulations Of Drama Practitioner Gregory Bike (PBH's Free Fringe) Pomme Is French For Apple (Paul Watson Productions) Pretending Things Are a C*ck (2hoots Productions / Free Festival) Rachel Parris - Live In Vegas (So Comedy by arrangement with Troika) Rachel Stubbings - Doing It For Himself (Live Nation) Ray Peacock - Here Comes Trouble (Avalon Promotions Ltd) Rhys James - Begins (Live Nation in association with Lisa White at Glorious Management) Rhys Mathewson - Hombre Lobo (Corrie McGuire) Rhys Nicholson - Eurgh (Underbelly Productions in association with Century Entertainment) Ria Lina - School of Riason (Ria Lina) Richard Herring - Lord Of The Dance Settee Richard Tyrone Jones - What the F*ck is This? (@rtjpoet / 'Utter!' / PBH's Free Fringe ) Rob Deering - Music Face (CKP) Robert Newman’s New Theory Of Evolution (Robert Newman) Robin Ince's Blooming Buzzing Confusion (Robin Ince) Romesh Ranganathan - Rom Wasn't Built In A Day (Off The Kerb Productions) Rosie Wilby - Nineties Woman (Rosie Wilby / PBH's Free Fringe) Sameena Zehra - Homicidal Pacifist (Sameena Zehra) Sarah Kendall - Touchdown (Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with PBJ Management) Shirley and Shirley - Late Night Lock In (So Comedy by arrangement with Troika) Short & Curly Who Dunnit? (Short & Curly / PBH's Free Fringe) Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (The Showstoppers - Something For The Weekend) Simon Feilder - All The Things I'm Not (Simon Feilder) Skimprov (Masters Of None) Spencer Brown (Spencer Brown) Steen Raskopoulos - I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business (Underbelly Productions) Stuck (The RH Experience) Surname & Surname - Bang! (Ditto Productions) Susan Calman - Lady Like (Lakin McCarthy) Susan Murray's F*ckwit Club (Susan Murray / PBH's Free Fringe) Tedfest (Tedfest) Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking B*ll*cks) (Eric Lampaert / Free Festival) The Axis Of Awesome - Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas (Lee Martin For Gag Reflex) The Chronic Single's Handbook (Randy Ross) The Church Of Zirconium (FUNT in association with 1945 Productions) The Colour Ham (The Colour Ham) The Comedian And His Future Wife (Ola / Free Festival) The Incredible Paul F Taylor (Paul F Taylor / PBH's Free Fringe) The Irrational Fears Of Rillettes (Harriet Kemsley / Free Festival) The Jest (The Jest) The Thinking Drinker's Guide To The Legends Of Liquor (Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham) The Twins Macabre - Small Mediums At Large (PBJ Management) The Voyage Of The Narwhal (The Awkward Silence) The Walking Dead (Dan Willis / PBH's Free Fringe) Thunderbards - Seconds (Thunderbards) Tiff Stevenson Optimist (Avalon Promotions Ltd) Tim FitzHigham - Hellfire (Brett Vincent for Get Comedy by arrangement with PBJ Management) Tim Key - Single White Slut (The Invisible Dot Ltd) Tom Goodliffe - Thug Liffe Free (Tom Goodliffe / Free Festival) Tom Rhodes - Colossus (Brett Vincent for Get Comedy) Tom Toal In Prequel (Glorious Management Presents / PBH's Free Fringe) Tony Law - Enter The Tone Zone (Tony Law / Show And Tell) Wendy Wason - Hotel California (Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Vivienne Clore) Werewolf Erotica She Wrote (Mathilda Gregory / Free Festival) Will Adamsdale - Borders Will Franken - The Stuff They Put In Sleep (Laughing Coyote Presents) WitTank - Old School Secrets (Avalon Promotions Ltd) zazU (zazU comedy) Zombie Science - Brain of the Dead (Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies)