Reviews & features: Jim Jefferies

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012: Comedy highlights so far

Dr Brown, Shit-Faced Shakespeare, Alfie Brown, Jim Jefferies and more

Dr Brown Mr Phil Burgers gets stuck into some quality hushed clowning work for his adult crowd with surprisingly tender results. See review at list.co.uk/festival. Underbelly, Cowgate, 0844 545 8252, until 26 Aug (not 20), 9.05pm, £10.50--£11.50…

Jim Jefferies talks offensiveness and sobriety ahead of 2012 Fringe show Fully Functional

Aussie comedian on bad reviews, Fully Functional and US sitcom Legit

Jim Jefferies used to do a joke about getting a lift from a ‘tiny, hot, young girl’. He couldn’t believe his luck when she offered him a ride back into Los Angeles after they’d just spent the day working on a film-set. Before driving off in her…

2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Comedy highlights

Tim Key, Andrew Doyle, Andrew Maxwell, Dylan Moran and more

Andrew Doyle. Last year, Doyle’s show featured some pretty ripe comedy bravado during a Crash Course in Depravity, while for this August he’s doing Whatever it Takes. Bold words from a daring comic. Andrew Maxwell. One of the most reliably gifted…

Jim Jefferies - Alcoholocaust

Vitriolic rants from the bottom of his LA-based heart

Jim Jefferies is now a full-on comedy superstar, living in LA, with the HBO seal of approval. He’s even been asked to write a sitcom (although if the letter he reads out from one channel’s legal standards department about the issues they have with the…

Jim Jefferies brings new show Alcoholocaust to Edinburgh Fringe

Having moved to sunny California, Jim Jefferies is basking in his stand-up success. But the Aussie comic tells Julian Hall that all he fears is becoming boring

Jim Jefferies: Alcoholocaust

Aussie stand-up regales audience with wild anecdotes

What is an Alcoholocaust? Well, the Jim Jefferies dictionary definition reads thus: ‘The aftermath of a drinking party, usually resulting in every available horizontal surface being covered in empty booze containers, spilled beverages, and a general…