Edinburgh Fringe

[ArsE92]

I'm surprised there's no Fringe thread already. Anyone else been partaking?

Recommended:

Stephen K Amos
Patrick Monahan

Avoid:

Rick Shapiro (I'll be surprised if he's still alive in six months)

[V6GTA]

Jim Jeffries, recommended, but not if you are religious..

[ArsE92]

I don't recall creating this thread

It's going to be a long day in work today.

V6GTA said:

Jim Jeffries, recommended, but not if you are religious..

I'll add him to the list, cheers.

[AndrewEH1]

ArsE92 said:

Avoid:

Rick Shapiro (I'll be surprised if he's still alive in six months)

What a fktard junkie!

Saw him along with a few other dreadful acts at "Best of the Fest" at the Assembly Hall (mound).

In the end all the audience had to boo him off - felt like leaving.

Just read his Wiki - seems he's just had a 'cardic event' so that might explain him shaking like heroin addict, but it might have just been the heroin...

[ArsE92]

AndrewEH1 said:

ArsE92 said:

Avoid:

Rick Shapiro (I'll be surprised if he's still alive in six months)

What a fktard junkie!

Saw him along with a few other dreadful acts at "Best of the Fest" at the Assembly Hall (mound).

In the end all the audience had to boo him off - felt like leaving.

Just read his Wiki - seems he's just had a 'cardic event' so that might explain him shaking like heroin addict, but it might have just been the heroin...

I'll be honest - I bought the tickets because I thought he was someone else as he looks like another comedian who is pretty good.

However - he was crud. We left after 15 minutes and he didn't even notice, then 20 people followed us out. I know it's not in the spirit of the Fringe but I will be requesting a refund. Not even because he wasn't funny - he was incoherent and needs to be back in hospital.

[weddingcars]

Toby Hadoke matinee was good for any age audience as long as they liked Dr Who (but then, they'd have been stupid to go to a show called My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver if they hated Dr Who); only criticism was that the anger-shouting bit of comedy got a bit repetitive in the second half. Better than a lot of more famous stand-ups, though.

Great to just wander round and see famous people wandering around like 'normal' people, Tim Vine for one. Also happened across The Blanks www.theblankswebsite.com

[Famous Graham]

ArsE92 said:

Stephen K Amos

Is he still black?

Don't worry if you couldn't tell, he would have told you.

[ArsE92]

Famous Graham said:

ArsE92 said:

Stephen K Amos

Is he still black?

Don't worry if you couldn't tell, he would have told you.

Yes. And also a gay.

But still funny. Saw him at the food festival at Inverleith Park on Sunday too.

And we saw Alan Davies in the newsagent in Stockbridge

[sherman]

Andrew Lawrence ws really funny the other night.

[AndrewEH1]

ArsE92 said:

And we saw Alan Davies in the newsagent in Stockbridge

A bit of one-up manship, but last year I saw Paul Daniels walking about the Bridges with a rabbit cage in hand and Debbie McGee in tow - what a nutter haha

[Workshy Fop]

I'll list the good ones only!

Tom Thum - amazing beatboxer. Main Udderbelly 6:45

Simon Munnery - His best show in ages. The Stand 3:45

"Nothing is really difficult" - crazy Dutch guys. They were doing dad dancing and making personalised flyers from plywood with a jigsaw. Going on Thursday - George Square thrice daily.

The Gentleman Rhymer - "Chap Hop" - Hip-Hop in the Queen's English - Voodoo Rooms 8:00

[ArsE92]

Workshy Fop said:

I'll list the good ones only!

Tom Thum - amazing beatboxer. Main Udderbelly 6:45

Simon Munnery - His best show in ages. The Stand 3:45

"Nothing is really difficult" - crazy Dutch guys. They were doing dad dancing and making personalised flyers from plywood with a jigsaw. Going on Thursday - George Square thrice daily.

The Gentleman Rhymer - "Chap Hop" - Hip-Hop in the Queen's English - Voodoo Rooms 8:00

That sounds like our cup of tea! Thanks.

For anyone that doesn't already use it, the EdFringe app (Android and iOS) is pretty damn good. You can purchase tickets, get a map of where the venues are, and see what's on 2-for-1 each day etc.

[AndrewEH1]

ArsE92 said:

And we saw Alan Davies in the newsagent in Stockbridge

Mr Davies gets about, had the opportunity to run him (and his children in a pram?) over by John Lewis but he looked a little lost and confused so I let him cross the road incident free

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Monday 13th August 18:37

[ArsE92]

AndrewEH1 said:

ArsE92 said:

And we saw Alan Davies in the newsagent in Stockbridge

Mr Davies gets about, had the opportunity to run him (and his children in a pram?) over by John Lewis but he looked a little lost and confused so I let him cross the road incident free

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Monday 13th August 18:37

I've just seen him again crossing the road in Stockbridge. Obviously getting out and about - free publicity!

[IainRS]

ArsE92 said:

Famous Graham said:

ArsE92 said:

Stephen K Amos

Is he still black?

Don't worry if you couldn't tell, he would have told you.

Yes. And also a gay.

But still funny. Saw him at the food festival at Inverleith Park on Sunday too.

And we saw Alan Davies in the newsagent in Stockbridge

I saw him 2 years ago on the last night of the months stint at the fringe,- and he was unfortunately pretty poor. He really struggled to keep things flowing and just seemed tired and lacking enthusiasm.
Didn't see him at the Foodies though, as I was so busy working on my stall.

[poprock]

Just to confirm a few things already mentioned:

• The Blanks are very good indeed (comedy and acapella songs, from Scrubs on the telly).
• Stephen K Amos is indeed still black and still telling everybody.
• Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer is a bloomin’ national treasure and highly recommended.
• The EdFringe iPhone app is really rather useful.

I’ll add that Susan Calman’s new solo show is excellent. Very Glaswegian, very funny, and with an unexpectedly emotional ending.

[tvrolet]

Sammy J and Randy - excellent. Having seen them the last couple of years they were the only show I made a point of making the effort to go and see again.

Tubular Bells for Two - very very good...assuming you want to hear all of Tubular Bells played pretty much exactly as the record by just 2 guys and lots of instruments. Comedy it aint, but a very good live performance....allbeit they're using some 'tape loops' here and there.

[Fitz666]

Not quite Fringe but I went to the Tattoo last night.

Top Secret Drummers from Switzerland were just stunning, the rest of it was really good as well.

Definately one for the bucket list if you haven't been.

[astirling]

Fitz666 said:

Not quite Fringe but I went to the Tattoo last night.

Top Secret Drummers from Switzerland were just stunning, the rest of it was really good as well.

Definately one for the bucket list if you haven't been.

I used to live in Ramsay Garden at the top of the Royal Mile. Was inside the security cordon for the Tattoo and one of the grandstands was in the back garden. Pretty cool, but by the end of August it began to feel like too much of a good thing...

[Zad]

I'm getting my Fringe fix from MacAulay & Co on BBC R Scotland, each day they have a selection of acts on. You can tell pretty quickly which ones are good, and which are a bit cack.

Full prog here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lhckl

Edited down to remove news etc here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ly3hx