30 years ago Jack Dee finished as the runner up in the Perrier Award (along with Eddie Izzard and Lily Savage) behind winner Frank Skinner. I looked that up because I had a hazy memory of watching the ceremony on... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Us seeing this show was purely down to fate and chance. We had a window of time to kill and (unsurprisingly) whilst we were pontificating we were hit with a series of flyers for that time. As is often the... Continue Reading →
As this was my first show of this year's fringe I wanted to start with a safe pair of hands... Usually when someone says that they mean "middle of the road" or "solid" but when it comes to comedy this... Continue Reading →
This was a set of tickets that I was truly thrilled to get my hands on. In all of my many years of watching stand-up comedy I have somehow never managed to catch Dylan Moran live, he was slowly becoming... Continue Reading →
On a day of great shows (Larry Dean & Pierre Novelli) we had chosen Andrew Maxwell as the closing act, the coup de grace, the finale. And once again this clown stuck a cherry on top of an almost perfect... Continue Reading →
How was this show just a fiver? At this years Fringe Larry Dean had to not only deal with the break-up of his relationship but also face the fact that every single one of his audience members this year would... Continue Reading →
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