Edinburgh Festival Guide

Reviews & features: Comedy, Kelly Apter

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Ta Daaa!

24 Aug 20123 stars

Clowns with magic skills that are no joke

It takes a few minutes to really get the measure of Frehd Astarr and Tim Eee Presley, but once you do, you want them for your best friends. Claiming to be aged eight and ten respectively, Frehd and Tim are dressed in full clown regalia, including big…

Richard Herring - Talking Cock

21 Aug 20124 stars

Intelligent chat, with knobs on

’There was a clue in the title,’ Richard Herring points out, as one man heads for the exit ten minutes into the show. There was indeed, because all Herring does in this funny, educational and surprisingly touching hour, is talk about cock. Compared…

Kids show Tall Storrie & Wee Godley at this year's Fringe

30 Jul 2010

The Glasgow comedy queen Jane Godley answer 5 questions

Glasgow comedy queen Janey Godley has pushed all her blue material aside to team up with daughter Ashley Storrie for their kids show Tall Storrie & Wee Godley. She tells us why we should go along. Give five reasons why people should come and see…

Edinburgh Festival 2010: More Fringe show highlights

16 Jul 2010

Some of the shows to look out for at the Fringe

With over 2,400 shows to choose from at this years Fringe festival, it's all to easy to succumb to the paradox of choice. Here we present our picks for some of the smaller shows that are worth looking out for.

Comedy Shuffle - New Art Club

22 Jul 2008

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

New Art Club are aiming to stretch beyond their usual crowd by injecting some daftness into dance. Kelly Apter finds out how steps and stand-up can go hand in hand.

Open Mic@The Globe

23 Aug 20073 stars

Introduced by amiable host, Bill Shakespeare, four of his best-loved characters step up to the mic. Hamlet is a wild-eyed Dane angry about adverts; Richard III has a mean streak a mile wide; Ophelia’s an unhinged cockney teenager; and Katherine the…