ED2015 COMEDY

Comedy at Edinburgh Festival 2015

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ED2015 COMEDY FEATURES

Comedy awards flow at the Edinburgh Fringe29 August 2015

ThreeWeeks Editors' Awards presented for 201529 August 2015

Three To See on 28 Aug: Michael J Dolan, Soweto Afro Pop Opera, Abnormally Funny People27 August 2015

Ally Houston: Clowning with stand-up27 August 2015

Three To See on 27 Aug: Confirmation, Sofie Hagen, Bromance26 August 2015

Edinburgh's comedy shortlists incoming26 August 2015

Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrapped26 August 2015

Michael J Dolan: Three Thousand Weeks25 August 2015

Phone gag tops Dave's list of Fringe one-liners25 August 2015

Richard Gadd takes Amused Moose award24 August 2015

Henry Maynard: Flabbergasting the Fringe24 August 2015

Three To See on 24 Aug: Jimmy McGhie, Women's Hour, BEASTS23 August 2015

Photo Shoot: From David’s camera23 August 2015

Photo Shoot: From Kat's camera22 August 2015

Three To See on 23 Aug: Amused Moose, Vertical Influences, The Elephant In The Room22 August 2015

Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe Charts 322 August 2015

Finalists announced for Amused Moose Comedy Awards21 August 2015

Idil Sukan: Awarding the comedy creatives21 August 2015

Keith Farnan: The Fringe survival guide for children20 August 2015

Three To See on 20 Aug: Michael Legge, Nish Kumar, Tatterdemalion19 August 2015

Another awards round up: Angels, Posters and more19 August 2015

Michael Legge: Telling it like it is19 August 2015

Three To See on 19 Aug: Off The Mic, Simon Thacker, The Very Grey Matter Of Edward Blank18 August 2015

Stand-up encourages performers to donate unused fringe food to charity18 August 2015

Three To See on 18 Aug: Traces, Adam Riches, Richard Gadd17 August 2015

Ian Smith: Here, there and whereabouts17 August 2015

Get off the mic and read: New book on the art of stand up to launch at the Fringe17 August 2015

Three To See on 17 Aug: Bathtime, Balletronic, Bucket16 August 2015

Lieven Scheire: Revenge of the nerds16 August 2015

Three To See on 16 Aug: Ben Norris, The Last Kill, James Acaster15 August 2015

Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe Charts 215 August 2015

Three To See on 15 Aug: Jessie Cave, The Bookbinder, Splitfoot14 August 2015

Chris Betts: Bar etiquette during the Fringe14 August 2015

Goose: Set loose with a one-man cartoon14 August 2015

Liftshare social enterprise encourages Fringe-goers to think green this Festival12 August 2015

Three To See on 13 Aug: Adam Riches, Racing Minds, The History Of Music12 August 2015

Poetry Corner #04: by Dan Simpson and Oli Forsyth from Stand Up & Slam!12 August 2015

Chris Kent: No stalling12 August 2015

Three To See on 12 Aug: Valiant, Jazzamatazz!, Jonny Awsum11 August 2015

Adam Riches: Rich pickings in Coach Coach’s Fringe team11 August 2015

Three To See on 11 Aug: Penny Ashton, Jethro Compton, Jonny And The Baptists10 August 2015

Best boy gets branded in name a punchline10 August 2015

Three To See 2015: A bonus set from Meet The Media9 August 2015

Doug Segal: Back reading minds and influencing people9 August 2015

Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe Charts 18 August 2015

Ria Lina: A punter’s guide to Fringe marketing and hype7 August 2015

Chuck Armstrong & Charlie Stockman: A guide to adapting the classics6 August 2015

Three To See 2015: Comedy that's ThreeWeeks approved6 August 2015

Three To See 2015: Comedy Show Titles Worth Repeating5 August 2015

Elf Lyons: What superheroes taught me about sexiness4 August 2015

Three To See 2015: Comedians Facing Adversity4 August 2015

The Dead Secrets: Curiosities in the Underbelly vaults4 August 2015

Maddy Anholt: Best Fringe date2 August 2015

Lloyd Griffith: I love cathedrals1 August 2015

Three To See 2015: Sketch Shows Worth Checking31 July 2015

Poetry Corner #02: by Jennie Benton Smith (Class 10B)31 July 2015

LetLuce: Setting sail for another Fringe31 July 2015

Three To See 2015: Theatrical Comedy29 July 2015

Stewart Francis: Stew penned this29 July 2015

Three To See 2015: Comedy Acts With Books Out29 July 2015

Andrew Ryan: Former PI turned stand-up28 July 2015

Yianni: Transgressing the 'line'27 July 2015

ED2015 COMEDY REVIEWS

25 Stories (Alex Watts) Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised (Racing Minds) Aatif Nawaz (Aatif Nawaz) Abnormally Funny People (Abnormally Funny People) Adam Hills - Clown Heart (Off The Kerb Productions by arrangement with Lisa Richards Agency) Adam Riches Is Coach Coach (The Pleasance) Adventures In Menstruating (Chella Quint / PBH's Free Fringe) Aidan Goatley's 10 Films With My Dad (Aidan Goatley/PBH) Alex Edelman - Everything Handed To You (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) Alfie Brown - Ism (The Mason Sisters) Ally Houston - Shandy (Ally Houston) Alun Cochrane - A Show With A Man In It (Alun Cochrane) Amy Howerska - Sasspot (RBM) Angus Brown - Get Ready. Get Set. Ahhh F*%k It. (Attic Erratic) Aunty Donna (Electric Talent) Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel (Austentatious and Underbelly Productions) Bat-Fan (Bound & Gagged Comedy) BEASTS - Live DVD (DAA Management) Bec Hill - Caught On Tape (Ditto Productions) Beth Vyse - As Funny As Cancer (Beth Vyse/Heroes) Brett Goldstein - Burning Man (Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management) Bucket (Ed Eales-White and Jon Pointing) Cassandra - Mary Canary (Claire Lenahan) Charles Booth - Deer In The Spotlights (Charles Booth) Chris Betts - Social Animal (EMX Management) Chris Dugdale - Sleightly Dishonest (Something For The Weekend) Chris Kent Stop Stalling (Mick Perrin Worldwide) Chris Martin - This Show Has A Soundtrack (So Comedy by arrangement with Troika/Free Festival) Chris Stokes - Altruism In Birds Chris Turner - XXV (Fluid Thinking and Brillstein Entertainment Partners) Christian O'Connell - You've Ruined My Morning... And Other Fan Mail (So Comedy) Christian Steel – Gloom Hunter (Laughing Pot Management) Clare Plested - The Essential Collection (Clare Plested / PBH's Free Fringe) Croft & Pearce – There's Always Something (Vivienne Smith Management) Cut The Mustard (Chisnail & I) Damien Slash - Übermen (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex) Dan Lees - Brainchild (Dan Lees) Danielle Ward - Dani Frankenstein (Danielle Ward / PBH's Free Fringe) Dark Side Of The Mime (Takomo) David Elms - Mister Boy (The Pleasance/ Troika) Diane Spencer - Power Tool (Difunny.co.uk) Diary Of A Dating Addict (RBM Comedy) Eleanor Morton - Allotted Mucking Around Time (Eleanor Morton) Elvis McGonagall - Countrybile (Elvis McGonagall) Expect The Unexporcupine (Michael Stranney and Olaf Falafel) Fairy Tale Theatre - 18 & Over (J Michael Feldman & Lindsey Bowden) Felicity Ward - What If There Is No Toilet? (Brett Vincent for Get Comedy – by arrangement by Independent Talent) Fern Brady - People Are Idiots (Fern Brady) Festival Of The Spoken Nerd - Just For Graphs (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) First Class (Chris Washington) Funmbi Omotayo - Legal Immigrant (CKP) Garrett Millerick - A Selection Of Things I've Said To Taxi Drivers (Electric Talent) Gein's Family Gift Shop Volume 2 (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex) Geoff Norcott - The Look Of Moron (Charlotte Hamilton Artist Management / Just The Tonic PWYW) George And Co (The Solo Tour) (George Dimarelos) Giraffe - Raisin' The Hoof (Giraffe) Good Kids (Gridlock) Hari Sriskantha - Like Breath On A Mirror (So Comedy) Harriet Kemsley - Puppy Fat (Live Nation) How To Be Fat (Mathilda Gregory) Ian Smith - Whereabouts (CKP) Improvabunga - Funny Side Up (The Watch This Improv Troupe) Ivo Graham - No Filter (Off The Kerb) James Acaster - Represent (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) James Hamilton Is So Lonely - Free (Casual Violence Comedy / PBH's Free Fringe/ James Hamilton) Jamie Wood – O No! (Jamie Wood) Jennie Benton Wordsmith (Susan Harrison) Jenny Bede - Don't Look At Me (Jenny Bede) Jessie Cave - I Loved Her (Pindippy) Jim Smallman - My Girls (Jim Smallman) Jimmy McGhie - Winged Goddess Of Victory (CKP) Joanna Neary - Faceful Of Issues (Joanna Neary) Jody Kamali – Spectacular! (Jody Kamali) Joel Dommett - Conquer (Off The Kerb) John Hastings - Marked From The Start (CKP) John Robertson, Let's Redecorate John Robins - Speakeasy (Phil McIntyre) John-Luke Roberts Stdad Up (John-Luke Roberts / PBH's Free Fringe) Jonny And The Baptists - The End Is Nigh (Supporting Wall) Jonny Awsum - Everything Is Awsum (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex) Jonny Pelham - Before And After (Feature Spot Productions Limited) Joseph Morpurgo - Soothing Sounds For Baby (The Invisible Dot Ltd) Juliet Meyers - Through The Pigeonhole (Juliet Meyers) Justin Moorhouse - Destiny Calling (CKP) Kai Humphries - How To Be Happy (Live Nation / MZA) Kelly Kingham - Inside Out (Kelly Kingham) Kieran Hodgson - Lance (Berk's Nest / PBH's Free Fringe) Kyle Kinane - Ghost Pizza Party (Soho Theatre and United Talent Agency) Larry Dean - Out Now (Bound And Gagged) Laura Lexx - Lovely (EMX Management in association with Andrew Roach Talent) Lazy Susan - Double Act (Ditto Productions) Leggoland (Colin Leggo / Free Festival) Liam Williams - Bonfire Night (The Invisible Dot) Lloyd Griffith, Grimsby's Great Big Turn On (Live Nation in association with Lisa White at Glorious Management) Lucie Pohl - Cry Me A Liver (Great Pretender Productions) Lucy Frederick – In The Wild (Vivienne Smith Management) Luke Toulson - Grandpa, Hitler And Me Mark Steel - Who Do I Think I Am? (Off The Kerb Productions) Mark Thomas - Trespass - Work In Progress (Mark Thomas) Markus Birdman – Grimm Realities (Markus Birdman / PBH's Free Fringe) Marny Godden - Flap 'Em On The Gate (Marny Godden) Massive Dad 2.0 - Step Up 2 Massive Dad (The Pleasance) Mat Ewins - Day Job (Mason Sisters @ PBJ) Me, Myself And ISIS (Banana Collective / PBH's Free Fringe) Michael J Dolan - Miserable Guts Michael Legge - Tell It Like It Is, Steve (Michael Legge) Milton Jones And The Temple Of Daft (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) Minor Delays (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex) Moby Alpha (Charles In Association With Fringe Management) Morgan Berry - Watership Down (PBH's Free Fringe) Murder, She Didn't Write (Degrees Of Error) Nick Cody – Beard Game Strong (Brett Vincent) Nick Hall - Dodekahedron (Milwaukee People's Theatre Academy) Nina Conti - In Your Face (PBJ) Nish Kumar - Long Word... Long Word... Blah Blah Blah... I'm so Clever (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) Off The Top (Baba Brinkman / PBH's Free Fringe) Omar Hamdi - In The Valley Of The Kings (Omar Hamdi) Pajama Men - 2 Man 3 Musketeers (Assembly Festival in association with Soho Theatre) Papa CJ - Naked (Papa CJ/Laughing Horse Free Festival) Paul Foot (IMWP) Paul Sinha - Postcards From The Z List Pierre Novellie is Anxious Peter (CKP) Reginald D Hunter - Bitchproof (Mick Perrin Worldwide) Revan And Fennell - Fan Club (Revan And Fennell) Rhys James - Remains (Live Nation in association with Glorious Management) Ria Lina - Taboo Raider (Ria Lina) Richard Brown - Art Is Easy (Richard Brown / PBH's Free Fringe) Richard Gadd - Waiting For Gaddot (Richard Gadd / PBH's Free Fringe) Rob Auton – The Sleep Show (Rob Auton / PBH's Free Fringe) Sajeela Kershi - Shallow Halal (Invisible Women – Sajeela Kershi/Free Festival) Shazia Mirza - A Work In Progress (Shazia Mirza) Shit-Faced Shakespeare (Magnificent Bastard Productions) Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (The Showstoppers – Something For The Weekend) Shut Your Cakehole (Quinn Patrick/Free Festival) Simon Munnery - And Nothing But (Simon Munnery with Show and Tell) So That's What We Voted For? (Mark Nelson, Keir McAllister and Vladimir McTavish) Sofie Hagen - Bubblewrap (Sofie Hagen / PBH's Free Fringe) Sophie Pelham - Country Files (Sophie Pelham) Stand Up & Slam! - Free (Chatback Comedy / PBH's Free Fringe) Stephen Bailey - Should've Been a Popstar (So Comedy by arrangement with PBJ Management) Steve Hall - Zebra (Steve Hall) Stewart Lee - A Room With A Stew (Stewart Lee) Tats Nkonzo - the African with Wi-fi (Mick Perrin Worldwide) Tatterdemalion (Flabbergast Theatre) The Dead Secrets Present... The Curiositorium (The Dead Secrets) The Double Life Of Malcolm Drinkwater (Patrick Monahan) The Jabberwocky (UCLU Runaground) The Leeds Tealights - Discuss (Leeds Tealights) The MMORPG Show (Electric Talent) The Old Fella (The Old Fella) The Pin - Ten Seconds With The Pin (The Pleasance) The Wow Wow Show! with Dan Clarke (Live Nation) Tiernan Douieb - The World Is Full Of Idiots, Let's Live In Space (Tiernan Douieb / PBH's Free Fringe) Tom Neenan - The Andromeda Paradox (Ditto Productions) Tony Law - Frillemorphesis (Tony Law) Totes Inappropes! (Totes Inappropes Productions) Trygve Wakenshaw - KRAKEN (Don't be Lonely Presents...) Twins - Pret a Comedy (Twins) Will Durst - BoomeRaging From LSD To OMG (Will Durst / Gilded Balloon) Yianni - Why Did The Chicken Cross The Line? (Yianni) zazU - A Fête Worse Than Death (zazU Comedy)