There was a real sense of anticipation as we approached the Assembly Rooms for this gig. Ed Byrne has long deserved clown legend status - if not quite clown royalty most certainly titled and definitely invited to all the weddings.... Continue Reading →
It was the last day of the Edinburgh Fringe - and I do mean the actual last day that was stated in the programme and not the "last day" that 80% of acts decided to make the last day, which... Continue Reading →
What a time its been for this clown, in just a few short years he has gone from veritable anonymity to becoming one of the first clowns on many peoples Fringe team sheets. His insights in to politics receive much... Continue Reading →
It's essentially the last day of the Fringe and I find myself in a venue that I have never visited before - the best way to describe it would be an over-sized bomb shelter reinforced by an eclectic collection of... Continue Reading →
I mean, where to begin? Can absurd brilliance be a thing? I genuinely don't know, but if it is a thing then I just witnessed it! Last year I was convinced to see Police Cops in Space by a pal... Continue Reading →
This was a show that we had been looking forward to all Fringe, we had spent a stupidly hot day drinking Absinthe cocktails (the appropriately named 'Corpse Reviver No2' ) in order to get us ready for another evening of comedy...... Continue Reading →
At one point during tonight's introduction Reg talks about just how long he has lived in Britain and how many years he has been coming to the festival - this got me to thinking. The first Reginald D Hunter show... Continue Reading →
Last year's Flo & Joan show was great... This was better. Packing in to the sold out Piccolo tent I had a feeling that something had changed. I've seen these clowns perform live twice before and on both occasions they... Continue Reading →
Many moons ago I caught Jessie Cave's first Edinburgh Fringe solo show, bookwork, it was a thoroughly enjoyable piece of comedy theatre made more amusing by the fact that it wasn't exactly a solo show - Jessie's younger sister Bebe... Continue Reading →
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