From the moment you enter the Roxy Art House and see the string quartet awaiting you beneath the towering stone archways of this former church, you are filled with the sensation that you are in for something special. This is the most incredible space for a musical performance as sound is amplified and enriched as [...]

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Stephen K Amos is one of the finest British comedians at the Fringe, and he is constantly awarded five star reviews for his stand-up routine by every newspaper. So how does one of the funniest men around better himself? By bouncing jokes and ideas of some of the finest hand selected guests for his weekend [...]

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Francesca Martinez returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after a sell out show 5 years ago. In that time she has had a hilarious appearance on Extras and been nominated as one of Channel 4’s top 100 comedians. You would then expect great things… but you leave disappointed.
In Deep moves away from topics explored in Martinez’ [...]

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Jason Byrne is a name that is synonymous with the Edinburgh Festival. Selling out show for the last eleven years is no easy feat, but Byrnes is still as funny and popular as he has ever been, which makes ‘Telly ideas which may also work on the radio’ all the more disappointing. Essentially a day-time [...]

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Spiderman realised early on in his super-hero existence that ‘with great power comes great responsibility’, and when you approach ‘Teenage Kicks’ you can not get this feeling out of your head. Trading on a name as iconic, loved and reverenced as John Peel, you better have the goods in your play.
Thankfully ‘Teenage Kicks’ leaves all [...]

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There aren’t a lot of stand-up comedians who come across as sweet and likeable as Jarlath Regan. His name might not be familiar, but this twenty-six years old Irish guy is as nice as they come, and his act is all about the humour, the irony, in our everyday life.
From the chats he has had [...]

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Making their festival debut are Andy Stucky and John Murray, two young Americans who look as wholesome as Mom’s apple pie, but who, over the course of an hour, actually reveal themselves to be two of the filthiest minded musicians this side of Scotland.
With infectious grins, they launch into a host of fantastically rude and [...]

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There is always a big number of improve shows at the Fringe, and a lot of it is fairly hit and miss, with a strong emphasis on laughing at your self. But this show takes improv and really blows your preconceived notions out the water. Essentially its four actors who each come out as a [...]

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Ian Stone is something of a contradiction, walking onto the stage with his blonde mop top hair, thin build physique and casually dressed in black jeans, he seems like an average, middle of the road man, who, if you had to describe him, your best bet would be inoffensive. As the shows starts he begins [...]

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She may be performing over the next three weeks in the most sweltering room in the entire Fringe but when Rhona Cameron walks out to an eager crowd she is surprisingly frosty. Guarded and making a point of avoiding eye contact with any audience members she begins to slowly tell some amusing if rambling stories [...]

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