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5 star shows
Tim Key
(22 Aug 2011)
A sublime and spirited Slut sequel
The Wrestling (18 Aug 2011)
Anarchic night of body-slamming action and comedy
WitTank (12 Aug 2011)
A dazzling display of sketch genius
Luke Wright's Cynical Ballads (8 Aug 2011)
Wonderful slices of fractured Britain
4 star shows
John Scott: Totally Made Up
(30 Aug 2011)
Exemplary observational material worked hard in stifling venue
Sammy J and Randy: Ricketts Lane (30 Aug 2011)
Extraordinary performances in an endearing show
Giants of Comedy – Darren Walsh, Leo Kearse & Lindsay Sharman (26 Aug 2011)
They might be giants, and they're definitely tall
Beckett & Smith (24 Aug 2011)
A genuinely funny 60 minutes
Conway's Time of the Month (24 Aug 2011)
Hardeep Singh Kohli, Andi Osho and Imran Yusuf guest at free Edinburgh show
Marcel Lucont Etc (24 Aug 2011)
Barbed wit from the deadpan Frenchman
Alun Cochrane: Moments of Alun (23 Aug 2011)
A reliably hilarious hour
Asher Treleaven: Matador (23 Aug 2011)
Fresh, exciting and energetic
Hannah Gadsby - Mrs Chuckles (23 Aug 2011)
A mistress of the subtle one-liner
Lights! Camera! Improvise! (23 Aug 2011)
Invention, energy and singing show where audience chooses the theme
Lloyd Langford: The Cold Hard Facts of Life (23 Aug 2011)
Relaxed and honest hour with pub-quiz enthusiast
Matt Green: Too Much Information (23 Aug 2011)
Perfectly-paced hour with affable and intelligent Green
Neil Delamere: Divilment (23 Aug 2011)
Confident, mischievious anecdotes
The New Conway Experience (23 Aug 2011)
Bringing hilarity to the masses
Peacock and Gamble’s Emergency Broadcast (23 Aug 2011)
Childish mischief and stupendous invention
Phill Jupitus - 'Made Up' (23 Aug 2011)
Whose Line is it Anyway?-style improv show is a riot
Randy is Sober (23 Aug 2011)
A puppet with incredible range and comedy timing
Richard Herring: What is Love Anyway? (23 Aug 2011)
The "King of Edinburgh" at his scintillating best
Simon Munnery: Hats Off for the 101ers, and Other Material (23 Aug 2011)
Fringe institution is ever-innovative
Steve Gribbin: Laugh at First Sight (23 Aug 2011)
A gag-heavy and tack-sharp set
The Pajama Men (19 Aug 2011)
Both brilliantly silly and brilliantly clever
The Boy with Tape on his Face (19 Aug 2011)
Line up early for a mime with universal appeal
David O'Doherty is Looking Up (19 Aug 2011)
Immaculate content delivered with furious enthusiasm
Andrew Lawrence - The Best Kept Secret in Comedy Tour (18 Aug 2011)
Mirthful and delicious kamikaze comedy
The Boom Jennies: Blowout (18 Aug 2011)
An exhilarating and surprising blowout
Piff the Magic Dragon (17 Aug 2011)
A laconic but jaw-dropping set
Russell Kane (17 Aug 2011)
Caustic and hilarious self-flagellation
Bane 1, 2 and 3 (16 Aug 2011)
Superior noir-influenced multi-character comedy
Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! (16 Aug 2011)
Swashbuckling success story
Terry Alderton (16 Aug 2011)
Hour of clever nonsense with surreal twist
Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD (16 Aug 2011)
Funny and heart-wrenching show on Disney films and painful break-ups
The Three Englishmen: Optimists (16 Aug 2011)
Straightforward and inspired hour of sketches
Paul Sinha: Looking at the Stars (16 Aug 2011)
Perfectly-judged swipe at celebrities, politicians and Twitter twats
Craig Hill (15 Aug 2011)
Strong performance from the seasoned Fringe comic
Danny Pensive’s Map of Britain (15 Aug 2011)
Wonderfully odd character comedy
The Horne Section (15 Aug 2011)
Toe-tapping jazz-and-comedy combo from Alex Horne and friends
Jason John Whitehead (15 Aug 2011)
Turning romantic failure into comedy gold
John-Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil (15 Aug 2011)
The comedy duo present the new, adjective-less Behemoth show
John Lynn (15 Aug 2011)
Affable comic story-telling with a neat turn of phrase
The Beta Males (14 Aug 2011)
Good scripting and coming timing from the funny foursome
Claudia O’Doherty (14 Aug 2011)
Refreshingly different character comedy performance
Tom Rosenthal: Child of Privilege (14 Aug 2011)
A very funny and innovative debut about privilege
Andrew Maxwell (12 Aug 2011)
Blistering set from the mercurial Dubliner
Daniel Sloss - The Joker (12 Aug 2011)
Ridiculously talented young comedy buck
Jen Brister is British(ish) (12 Aug 2011)
Wonderfully madcap look at identity
Lee Camp Is: Yet Another American Mistake (12 Aug 2011)
Rabble-rousing American gets mad at current affairs
Mark Thomas: Extreme Rambling (Walking the Wall) (12 Aug 2011)
Following a dangerous tourist trail
Lounge Room Confabulators (11 Aug 2011)
Aussie troubadours paying home visits
The Room (11 Aug 2011)
Gloriously awful Rocky Horror-style particapatory film screening
Colm O’Regan: Dislike! A Facebook Guide to Crisis (8 Aug 2011)
Funny and informative social networking guide to Irish history
Des Clarke - Des Comedy Jam (8 Aug 2011)
Hilarious patter will leave both locals and out-of-towners in a good place
Pope Benedict: Bond Villain (8 Aug 2011)
Provocative and brilliantly witty hour on religion and economic meltdown
Suitcase Royale in Zombatland (8 Aug 2011)
Late-night, top-notch hour of blues music, B-list horror and slapstick
Tim Clare: How to Be a Leader (8 Aug 2011)
Frequently inventive show includes rousing series of raps about iconic women
Tom Price: Say When (8 Aug 2011)
Torchwood actor ebullient, warm and thoroughly engaging
Craig Campbell (8 Aug 2011)
Natural observational storytelling
Barry and Stuart (8 Aug 2011)
Showing and telling their magical mysteries
Fiona O'Loughlin: Spirited (Tales from an Angel in a Bottle) (8 Aug 2011)
Bloody funny, just don’t show her the Bloody Marys
Ford and Akram: Humdinger (8 Aug 2011)
Yin and yang do silly and surreal
Frisky and Mannish: Pop Centre Plus (8 Aug 2011)
Wry ribbing of pop culture
Glenn Wool: No Lands Man (8 Aug 2011)
Hobo comic’s killer dispatches
James Acaster: Amongst Other Things (8 Aug 2011)
Mixing up the comedy flavours
Matthew Crosby: AdventureParty (8 Aug 2011)
A safe and hilarious haven for geeks and nerds
Sheeps: A Sketch Show (8 Aug 2011)
Confidence and skill ooze from Footlights alumni
Sink or Spin (8 Aug 2011)
It’s gym life, but not as we know it
The Last Circus (20 Jun 2011)
Spanish black comedy/horror takes in clowns, circus life, love and madness
3 star shows
Rory Sheridan's Tales of the Antarctica
(30 Aug 2011)
David O’Doherty in very funny piece that risks becoming one-note in tone
BUG Hosted by Adam Buxton (26 Aug 2011)
Entertaining but unchallenging music video presentation
Edinburgh Tonight with Joe Simmons and Lorraine Chase (24 Aug 2011)
Charming chat show double-act
Tom Allen's Afternoon Tea (24 Aug 2011)
Well-balanced chat show from the camp charmer
Alison Thea-Skot (24 Aug 2011)
Delightfully batty character affair
Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary (23 Aug 2011)
Political comic never short of a dad-style gag
The Baby Diary (23 Aug 2011)
Wry play featuring couple soon to be parents
Chris Mayo's Panic Attack (23 Aug 2011)
An engaging stress-related show
Chris Ramsey: Offermation (23 Aug 2011)
Enthusiastic natural wit is impossible to resist
Do Not Take Advice From This Man - Jim Smallman and Friends (23 Aug 2011)
Four comedians try to sort out your life
Ian D Montfort - Spirit Comedium (23 Aug 2011)
Witty send-up of hand-wringing mediumship
Jay Foreman: We're Living in the Future (23 Aug 2011)
Exploration of pop-culture future-shock via acoustic ditty
John Robins: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (23 Aug 2011)
Prosaic anecdotes told with gusto and irresistible affability
Kerry Godliman - Wonder Woman (23 Aug 2011)
Laugh-a-minute routine with warm charisma and attitude to match
Lunch with Quattro Formaggio (23 Aug 2011)
Lovely conceit of Italian waiter on the verge does the job nicely
Mark Dolan (23 Aug 2011)
Genial bumbling and his confident stage presence is charming and droll
Michael Winslow (23 Aug 2011)
Mad voice skills boggle the mind
Pistol & Jack: SMASH*GLAM*SEX*MUSIC (23 Aug 2011)
Hyper, pop comedy lacks some focus
The Quotidian Revue (23 Aug 2011)
Interesting, absurdist comedy lacks cofidence
Rich Hall (23 Aug 2011)
Political bashings a definite highlight
Sally-Anne Hayward: DOn't Judge Me (23 Aug 2011)
A pleasant jaunt through middle-class concerns
Seminar (23 Aug 2011)
Predictable but well performed self-help for the stressed
Slim in Wonderland (23 Aug 2011)
Anecdotes amusingly and conspiratorially shared
So On and So Forth present 'Human Era' (23 Aug 2011)
A missing member, predictible hilarity ensues
Steve Hall's Very Still Life (23 Aug 2011)
Surreal tales and batty antics
Wade McElwain - The Littlest Hobo (23 Aug 2011)
Eloquently taste-busting lines
Ali Cook (23 Aug 2011)
Old-fashioned with homage to TV magic shows
Neil Hamburger (22 Aug 2011)
Anti-comedic filth, hate and fury
Tiffany Stevenson (22 Aug 2011)
Cuddly musings on Cockneys and kids
Todd Barry (22 Aug 2011)
Every trivial matter is prey to the laconic American
Josie Long: The Future Is Another Place (19 Aug 2011)
Stand up for the left
Jigsaw (19 Aug 2011)
Accomplished but light sketching
Ruby Wax: Losing It (19 Aug 2011)
A fevered and empowering comic monologue
Iain Stirling and Sean McLoughlin (18 Aug 2011)
The star signing lets down the team
Auntie Netta And The Trouble With Asian Men (17 Aug 2011)
Show of two halves from East is East producers
Holly Walsh - The Hollycopter (17 Aug 2011)
A brave and bittersweet recollection
Pete Bennett's Tourette's and Stuff (17 Aug 2011)
Unpolished but candid and funny set from Big Brother winner
Sarah Millican (17 Aug 2011)
Has the Geordie jester lost her bite?
The Segue Sisters in … Jailbirds (17 Aug 2011)
Flippant harmonious fun behind bars
Tom Deacon (17 Aug 2011)
Slow-burning quasi hard-hitting hour
Henning Wehn / Otto Kuhnle: Das Very Best Of German Humour (17 Aug 2011)
Tuetonic titters from two of the Fatherland’s finest
Milton Jones (16 Aug 2011)
There more to the week mocker than one-liners
Rich Hall’s Hoedown (16 Aug 2011)
Country and bluegrass gig from the gravel-voiced comedian
Seann Walsh: Ying and Young (16 Aug 2011)
A casual yet potent force
Stephen Carlin: Guilty Bystander (16 Aug 2011)
Unsettlingly funny with flashes of greatness
Vikki Stone & The Flashbacks: Big Neon Letters (16 Aug 2011)
Comedy songs in band format
Wil Hodgson (16 Aug 2011)
Sharp comedy about life as he knows it
Luke McQueen (16 Aug 2011)
Off-the-wall randomness with a smile
Mark Nelson (16 Aug 2011)
Straight talker whose profanity is utterly charming
Markus Birdman: Dreaming (16 Aug 2011)
Acutely funny observations on our dreams of living happily ever after
Meryl O’Rourke - Bad Mother (16 Aug 2011)
Some funny and moving material on mixed heritage
Michael Workman - Humans Are Beautiful (16 Aug 2011)
Surreal, meditative show from philosophical, esoteric intellect
The Noise Next Door – Their Finest Hour (16 Aug 2011)
A delightfully unpredictable hour with some knock-about funsters
Olver: Portrait of a Serial Killer (16 Aug 2011)
Stand-up show/theatre experience has potential to be brilliant
Paul Foot: Still Life (16 Aug 2011)
Childish ingenuity and some laughs but feels like going through the motions
Phil Nichol: The Simple Hour (16 Aug 2011)
Dumbed down silliness peppered with droll quips
Raymond Mearns: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Stress But Were Afraid to Ask (16 Aug 2011)
Warm and engaging stress management seminar from Glaswegian
Rich Fulcher: Tiny Acts of Rebellion (16 Aug 2011)
Surreal and sedate show from the rambunctious Mighty Boosher
Dana Alexander (15 Aug 2011)
Great comedic flair but average material from the Canadian
Danny Bevins (15 Aug 2011)
Muscular comedy from the former soldier, jailbird and redneck
Gareth Richards (15 Aug 2011)
A lack of confidence on the comedian's part undermines the good-quality material
The Gentlemen of Leisure (15 Aug 2011)
Lit-loving sketch comedy
The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek (15 Aug 2011)
Feel-good comedy from the sketch-happy threesome
Henry Paker (15 Aug 2011)
Original, whimsical stand-up
Improvised Plays from Austin, Texas (15 Aug 2011)
None-more-Fringe performance from American improv quartet Parallelogramophonograph
Isy Suttie (15 Aug 2011)
Cute, clever music-based comedy from the Peep Show comedian
Jack Mink (15 Aug 2011)
Theatrical improvisation from the absurdist clown
Keeping the Captain Warm (15 Aug 2011)
Faltering sketch comedy with moments of greatness
McNeil and Pamphilon (15 Aug 2011)
Enjoyable sketch comedy from two chaps who should know better
Sam Simmons (15 Aug 2011)
High-octane comedic bizarrity from Australia
Aidan Bishop (14 Aug 2011)
The New York-based Irishman takes sweet revenge on his childhood torments
Andrew Doyle's Crash Course in Depravity (14 Aug 2011)
A full-on assault on the borders of taste
Armageddapocalypse (14 Aug 2011)
Loving pastiche of action movies from Footlights crew
Casual Violence (14 Aug 2011)
Versatile cast perform cherfully absurd sketches
Chris Cox (14 Aug 2011)
Odd-looking comic successfully combines magic and comedy
Chris Coxen’s Space Clone Audition (14 Aug 2011)
Accomplished character-based comedy show
Joe Fairbrother: Characters (14 Aug 2011)
Gentle audience-teasing character comedy
Josh Widdicombe: If This Show Saves One Life (14 Aug 2011)
Steering away from the dangers of blanding out
The W. Kamau Bell Curve – Ending Racism In About An Hour (14 Aug 2011)
Race-related comedy that avoids cliché
Carey Marx (12 Aug 2011)
The thinking man’s shock jock
Carl Donnelly 3: Carl Donnelier! (12 Aug 2011)
Meandering tales that finally pay off
Christmas for Two: Friends With You (12 Aug 2011)
Variable sketch show of audacious surrealism
Gavin Webster: All Young People Are C**ts (12 Aug 2011)
Likeably profane and bitter hour
Keith Farnan: Money, Money, Money (12 Aug 2011)
Well-informed monologue about money
Late Night Gimp Fight! (12 Aug 2011)
Fast-paced sketches are more smutty than obscene
Nick Helm - Dare to Dream (12 Aug 2011)
Shouty Marmite musical act
Toby - Lucky (12 Aug 2011)
Divisive duo spark a riot of tutting and scowling
Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies (8 Aug 2011)
Confidently breezing through hour of self-deprecating enjoyable comedy
Anil Desai (8 Aug 2011)
Fantastic audience rapport and likeable charm, but unchallenging
Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches (8 Aug 2011)
Provocative onstage antics not for the faint of heart
David Morgan: Triple Threat (8 Aug 2011)
Show taking in musical theatre, childhood bullying and homophobia
Des Bishop - My Dad Was Nearly James Bond (8 Aug 2011)
Largely funny, tender and acutely observed ode to late father
Dregs (8 Aug 2011)
Character-based sketches maintain constant audience engagement
Fear of a Brown Planet (8 Aug 2011)
Audience-friendly jovial banter about Islam, Michael Jackson and Barack Obama
Fred MacAulay: Legally Bald (8 Aug 2011)
For straightforward traditional stand-up, MacAulay’s your man
Guilt and Shame (8 Aug 2011)
Sketches which get increasingly filthier and funnier
Hal Sparks - Evolution Overdrive (8 Aug 2011)
Impressive delivery with theme of humankind’s ongoing evolution
Jason Cook - The Search for Happiness (8 Aug 2011)
An hour of pleasant company, although lacking memorable friction
Jessica Fostekew: Luxury Tramp (8 Aug 2011)
Observational humour with a confessional edge
Joel Dommett: Neon Hero (8 Aug 2011)
Celebrity crush tale an from assured and skilled performer
John Robertson - Blood & Charm: Disturbing Stories for Disturbing Bedtimes (8 Aug 2011)
Tightly-scripted surreal monologue full of fascinating true stories
Lady Garden (8 Aug 2011)
Successful series of standalone and recurring sketches
Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery (8 Aug 2011)
Magic routines with an enjoyable line in potty-mouthed sarcasm
Ray Time in the Daytime: An Audience With Ray Green and Friends (8 Aug 2011)
TV presenter character halfway between Partridge and Brent
Run, Deaf Boy, Run! (8 Aug 2011)
Engaging, heart-warming tale told with skill from deaf comedian Steve Day
Stuart Goldsmith (8 Aug 2011)
A pleasant romp, amusingly delivered, this is easy, assured comedy
Tom Stade: What Year Was That? (8 Aug 2011)
Whimsy and shock humour make for easy, if not entirely guilt-free, laughs
Tony Law: Go Mr Tony Go! (8 Aug 2011)
Surrealist joyride is brash, loud and joyously raucous
Totally Tom (8 Aug 2011)
Impressive range of comedic prowess and accents
Zeus’ Pamphlet (8 Aug 2011)
Enjoyable show combines familiar with the more inventive
David Reed: Shamblehouse (8 Aug 2011)
Great lines but lots of filler
Diane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness (8 Aug 2011)
Don’t judge a comic by their gentle demeanour
Francesca Martinez (8 Aug 2011)
A charmingly caustic look at ‘normal’
Catie Wilkins: A Chip Off the Odd Block (8 Aug 2011)
Enthusiastic and wry story about parents
Dave Gorman's Power Point Presentation (8 Aug 2011)
Inspired PowerPoint presentation from the genial everyman
Katherine Ryan: Little Miss Conception (8 Aug 2011)
An edgy story of pageant culture
Laurence Clark: Health Hazard! (8 Aug 2011)
Uncovering the truths about US health care
Margaret Cho (8 Aug 2011)
San Franciscan in town to have lots of sex, please
My Name is Hannibal: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience (8 Aug 2011)
Intelligent dissections of comedy and life
Paul Daniels (8 Aug 2011)
You’re going to like this . . .
Sanderson Jones (8 Aug 2011)
Pleasingly foppish semi-shambles
Who Are The Jocks? (8 Aug 2011)
A multi-faceted tale of love and loss
Ahir Shah (7 Aug 2011)
Stars in his eyes
Bridget Christie (7 Aug 2011)
Slapdash slapstick sloppy stand-up
Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker (7 Aug 2011)
Crooner delivers a gentle comic play
DeAnne Smith (5 Aug 2011)
Boys want to be her, girls want to sleep with her
Kieran and The Joes: Teampowered (5 Aug 2011)
Teambuilding seminar with more laughs than cringes
The Real MacGuffins: Skitsophrenic (5 Aug 2011)
Sketch comedy verging on madness
2 star shows
Chat Masala with Hardeep Singh Kohli
(24 Aug 2011)
Glaswegian chef's chat show lacks spice
High Jinks with the Hamiltons (24 Aug 2011)
Bizarre yet mundane chat show from Neil and Christine
Scott Agnew’s Scottish Breakfast Chat Show (24 Aug 2011)
Amicable but flat midday chat show
Croft and Pearce - Funnier Than It Sounds (23 Aug 2011)
Flashes of brilliance lost in a melee of mundanity
Footlights in 'Pretty Little Panic' (23 Aug 2011)
One moment of surrealist brilliance can't compensate for lack of comedic guile
Joe Bor: In Search of the Six Pack (23 Aug 2011)
Limp hour saved by supporting cast
Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine (23 Aug 2011)
Joke on characters’ thespian shortcomings tragically bypasses irony
Mary Christ - The Unmusical! (23 Aug 2011)
Crude, unfunny innuendo from excitable drag queen
Matt Forde: Dishonourable Member (23 Aug 2011)
Ill-judged hagiography of Tony Blair and Brian Clough
Max and Ivan are Holmes and Watson (23 Aug 2011)
Slick but over-the-top, confusing and largely gag-free tale
Men of War (23 Aug 2011)
Scene after scene falls flat for talented quartet
New Art Club: Quiet Act of Destruction (23 Aug 2011)
Comedy-dance due don't do their talents justice
The Phoenix: A Failure on a Mision (23 Aug 2011)
Natural performer let down by unchallenging material
Tom Bell Begins (23 Aug 2011)
Tangent tales turn too often into ramblings
Wilfredo: Erecto! (23 Aug 2011)
Bizarre and creepy cruise ship act
Zoe Lyons - Clownbusting (23 Aug 2011)
Hotchpoth of scenarios largely uninspired
Adam Crow - Ashton Kutcher's Dead Girlfriends (22 Aug 2011)
Well-written but overly clever soul-baring stand-up
The Unexpected Items (22 Aug 2011)
A largely threadbare and shallow show
Phill Jupitus: Stand Down (18 Aug 2011)
An excitement-sapping hour of chat
Tom Goodliffe (16 Aug 2011)
Lightweight autobiographical material, but with lovely rapport
Ben Brailsford (16 Aug 2011)
Self-confessed geek let down by repetitive material
Matt Kirshen (16 Aug 2011)
Embarrassing moments humour slightly wooden
Music Box (16 Aug 2011)
Mash-up improv troupe never hit a true stride
The Phoenix: A Failure on a Mission (16 Aug 2011)
Daft sense of humour requires more envelope-pushing material
Sarah Archer - Bumfluff and Brimstone (16 Aug 2011)
Occasional insightful jagged barb amid stale material and easy punchlines
Biscuit and Brawn (15 Aug 2011)
Strong chemistry but weak laughs from the comedy duo
Delete the Banjax (15 Aug 2011)
The sketch group appear to be having fun, but the audience isn't in on it
Don’t Trust Salmon (15 Aug 2011)
Unfunny surrealism that falls short of Boosh-y aspirations
Fred Cooke (15 Aug 2011)
The Irishman's musical talent is overshadowed by his over-stretched observations
Frimston and Rowett (15 Aug 2011)
A collection of decent comic coceits that overstay their welcome
The Hermitude of Angus, Ecstatic (15 Aug 2011)
Absurdist comedy that starts well but quickly deteriorates
How to be Awesome (15 Aug 2011)
Lou Sanders' high energy can't save a set of lacklustre jokes
Andrew O’Neill (14 Aug 2011)
Alt comedian is slightly amusing but fails to deliver big laughs
Chris Martin (14 Aug 2011)
Run of the mill show from the man who definitely isn't in Coldplay
Chris McCausland (14 Aug 2011)
Disappointingly unoriginal set from the London comic
Conor O’Toole (14 Aug 2011)
Good material let down by awkward delivery
Hitch and Mitch – Genisis (14 Aug 2011)
Shambolic sketch comedy about comedy
Joanna Neary: Youth Club (14 Aug 2011)
A period piece with confusing threads
The Two Wrongies (14 Aug 2011)
Confused and confusing naked double-act
Benny Boot: Set-Up, Punchline… Pause for Laughter (12 Aug 2011)
The secrets of comedy remain a mystery here
Eric Lampaert (12 Aug 2011)
An engaging but ultimately flat Eric
Alistair Green: Outpatient (8 Aug 2011)
Entertaining riffs in illness-themed show not for the squeamish
Bob Downe: 20 Golden Greats (8 Aug 2011)
Lively hour of high camp, but with only a handful of gags
Brett Goldstein Grew Up in a Strip Club (8 Aug 2011)
Endearing personality wins over crowd despite lacklustre material
Catriona Knox (8 Aug 2011)
Signs of promise but dialogue lacks punch
Clare Plested: Vegas, Jesus and Me (8 Aug 2011)
Nicely observed impressions from adorable lady but comedy is patchy
Colin Hoult (8 Aug 2011)
Talented and energetic performer targets UK provinces
Indoor Fox Hunting (8 Aug 2011)
Some lovely ideas, but tightening up of content and delivery required
Jeff Leach: A Leach On Society (8 Aug 2011)
Energetic gross-out comedy with possibly divisive material
Joe Wilkinson: My Mum's Called Stella and My Dad's Called Brian (8 Aug 2011)
Underpowered affair from BBC Three’s Him & Her
The Life Doctor (8 Aug 2011)
Channelling of the most irksome of TV lifestyle gurus disappoints
Matt Rudge (8 Aug 2011)
Natural warmth let down by meandering dialogue
Nathan Caton: Get Rich or Die Cryin' (8 Aug 2011)
Glimmers of brilliance from likeable comedian
Rayguns Look Real Enough: Balls Deep (8 Aug 2011)
Thematically-arranged medleys from emphatic performer with laboured set of puns
Ro Campbell: Uttering Bad Shillings (8 Aug 2011)
Some nice stuff from Scottish Comedian of the Year, but few genuine laughs
Sex You (I’m Gonna) – featuring Nathan Phillips (8 Aug 2011)
More sophisticated than it advertises itself to be
Doctor Brown (8 Aug 2011)
Silent and vulgar tedium
Nathan Dean Williams (8 Aug 2011)
Twisted pick ‘n’ mix
Roisin Conaty (8 Aug 2011)
‘Dickhead’ on a mission to achieve zen
Tom Green (8 Aug 2011)
Porn and meat-fuelled non-event
Neil by Mouth (7 Aug 2011)
Energy and whimsy but far too many groans
Vinegar Knickers (5 Aug 2011)
A well-titled ‘sketchy beast’
1 star shows
Interpretive Dances to My Diary! (72% Non-Fiction)
(23 Aug 2011)
100% total cobblers
Shane and Eddie: Picking up the Pieces (16 Aug 2011)
50-minute avant-garde nightmare beyond redemption
Josh Howie: I am a Dick (16 Aug 2011)
Patchy quest with dodgy material
No Pants Thursday (16 Aug 2011)
Massively underwhelming with air of painful youth theatre production
Gemma Goggin (15 Aug 2011)
Comedy show that fails to develop
Brown and Corley: Born in the 80s (8 Aug 2011)
Like bad school drama production
