Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Previews, Fringe Previews in London

Review: Tom Rosenthal - Child of Privilege

What is it with Brits’ love-to-hate-them obsession with the posh? Last year’s 'Gap Yah' sketch from the Unexpected Items became an instant YouTube viral hit for taking a dig at socially obliv...

Review: Sir Tim FitzHigham - The Gambler

The tradition of the great English eccentric is alive and well in Tim FitzHigham. Anyone who follows the UK comedy circuit will by now kno...

Review: John Kearns' Dinner Party

Bad food, inane chat and a host that's lost the plot. No, it's not an episode of Come Dine With Me I'm watching, but John Kearns' Dinner P...

David Reed's Shamblehouse

Now that I'm doing a solo show, I find myself in almost constant demand to give interviews about how it's going. Seriously. I've done two th...

Lulu would be so disappointed: An interview with Terry Alderton.

Terry Alderton is a man on a mission. A few years ago, he ditched the mainstream spiel of his early career, forever consigning his Chris Eubank...

Spudulike Posterboy: An Interview with Seann Walsh

It takes many stand-ups over a decade of gigging before they start getting regular TV work, but Seann Walsh has managed it in just under five...

Review: Ben Target in Discover Ben Target

Ever since my housemate told me of the ‘performance art piece’ where she got to put on an ‘80s bridal gown and walk down...

The human car crash of light entertainment: an interview with Nick Helm

It’s lucky that Nick Helm has no trace of his noisy stage persona on the phone today or it could turn into a deafening interview. Kno...

Malcom Hardee Awards shortlist announced for 2011

The shortlist has been announced for the Malcolm Hardee award - an accolade given to acts displaying the most comic originality at the Edinbur...

Deborah Frances-White on....sex appeal

We girls worry far too much about our clothes and our appearance. Most men are just delighted when a girl wants to sleep with them. Sex ...

Love, Sex and Nazis: An Interview with Richard Herring

Love and relationships have been discussed to death by stand-up comedians over the years, but if anyone can come up with a fresh angle on the...

Nathan Penlington: how do you solve a problem like Geller?

Uri Geller was eating soup as a small boy in 1951, the spoon he was using bent in his hand and since that day he has been obsessed with cutle...

Enjoy the foolish spectacle: An interview with Dan Antopolski

Dan Antopolski is a righteous man. Not only did he once play Jesus in a film, but on Sunday July 10th, he and a host of other great comics are...

Spilling the Magic Beans: An Interview with Barry and Stuart.

For a long time, magic was a realm for the cheesy, the varnished and anyone who happened to own a tiger. It was light entertainment at its most...

Ever the entertainer: an interview with Paul Daniels

There are a few eye-catching celebrity shows at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Pete ‘Tourettes’ Bennett from Big Brother; Jacka...

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