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Mark Nelson: Under the Radar
11 Aug 2012
The formerly vicious comic's new attitude results in moments of profound hilarity
Mark Nelson may be going soft. When he first launched onto the scene, winning the inaugural Scottish Comedian of the Year competition in 2006, his more barbed quips could have made Frankie Boyle wince. Now just into his thirties and settled down, Nelson…
Great Scots: Home-grown comedy talent at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe
11 Jul 2012
Let's not forget home-grown talent this Edinburgh Fringe
Scott Agnew. With Tales of the Sauna, we can be guaranteed some bawdy material, blistering repartee and belly-altering laughs as the former Scottish Comedian of the Year reveals just about everything about the world of gay saunas.
Mark Nelson
16 Aug 2011
Straight talker whose profanity is utterly charming
With no narrative arc or gimmicks, Nelson presents himself as a straight talker, not scared of eliciting shocked gasps with his more provocative material. He deals in the controversial with a cheeky grin, as if the words magically appeared in his mouth.
The shocking, rude and offensive highlights of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe
6 Jul 2011
The controversial shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2011
If boundary-pushing comedy is your thing, or if you just like smutty jokes, you’ll no doubt find a suitably impolite act at the Fringe. Jonny Ensall ranks 2011’s controversial shows by their level of offensiveness
Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedy shows to look out for in 2011
9 Jun 2011
Margaret Cho, Todd Barry and Imran Yusuf among 2011 ones to watch
Down List way, we’ve just about recovered from the devastating news that there will be no sign this year of Bo Burnham, Jonny Sweet, Tommy Tiernan or Pappys. But if you think that kind of comedic void can be filled by this year’s galaxy of acts, then…
Mark Nelson - Offending the Senses
13 Aug 2010
A jolt to the comedy system
Armed with a stage presence that makes Wil Hodgson appear as hyper as any of the comedy Russells, Mark Nelson has opted to simply be a cracking joke-teller. And ultimately, in a Fringe packed to their mainly low rafters with weak concept shows…
Five new faces in British comedy to watch in Edinburgh
30 Jul 2010
A quintet of bright and shiny debutants from the UK
Joe Rowntree Hindsight is a great thing, but who knows where this guy would be now had his planned collaboration with Laura Solon in 2005 arrived in Edinburgh. She only went and won the Perrier on her tod and half a decade later, he’s making his…
