Fringe 2011

[matty_f]

Would recommend this one if anyone's looking for some good music on Monday:

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/music/Tom-Fairnie

[Speedy]

I was at '****gers' last night. It was a mixture of rubbish, not bad and pretty funny. It was free though so i'd still recommend it if you're on a night out and fancy something

[Tyler Durden]

Went to see Carl Donnelly last night at Udderbelly. He was entertaining, but not brilliant, not as good as last year. Has an annoying habit of saying something and then correcting himself saying "why did I say that? I'm not a 60 year old woman/15 year old boy/etc/etc".

Has anyone seen Jason John Whitehead before - worth seeing?

[bingo70]

Never been to a comedy show before but going to see Sarah Millican on wednesday, i'm normally dead against going to see anything in the festival due to the amount of annoying twats that try far too hard to be funny.

Said i'd try and open my mind a bit more this year so would go to a show and apparently she was funny last year (or the year before), part of me is looking forward to it but part of me is dreading it cos i normally can't stand female comedians on the tele, i've been told she's not like this but i'm hoping i'm not in for a night hearing about how men are *******s, how women love cakes and how hard they've got it.

Suppose it'll get me out the house if nothing else.

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Never been to a comedy show before but going to see Sarah Millican on wednesday, i'm normally dead against going to see anything in the festival due to the amount of annoying twats that try far too hard to be funny.Said i'd try and open my mind a bit more this year so would go to a show and apparently she was funny last year (or the year before), part of me is looking forward to it but part of me is dreading it cos i normally can't stand female comedians on the tele, i've been told she's not like this but i'm hoping i'm not in for a night hearing about how men are *******s, how women love cakes and how hard they've got it.Suppose it'll get me out the house if nothing else.

Can't wait to hear your report of this I'd rather cut off a testicle with a blunt saw than listen to Sarah Millican

[bingo70]

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Can't wait to hear your report of this I'd rather cut off a testicle with a blunt saw than listen to Sarah Millican

Aye, it's quite difficuilt to go in with an open mind but expecting the worst so i'm not dissapointed

Deliberately not looking any of her stuff up on youtube cos if i know i don't like her before i start i'll just be a miserable ******* and not give her a chance.

How long do these things go on for and will it just be her or do you get people on before her?

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Aye, it's quite difficuilt to go in with an open mind but expecting the worst so i'm not dissapointed Deliberately not looking any of her stuff up on youtube cos if i know i don't like her before i start i'll just be a miserable ******* and not give her a chance.How long do these things go on for and will it just be her or do you get people on before her?

I'd say about an hour and there's never been a 'support' at any comedy show I've been at. Enjoy

[matty_f]

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Never been to a comedy show before but going to see Sarah Millican on wednesday, i'm normally dead against going to see anything in the festival due to the amount of annoying twats that try far too hard to be funny.

Said i'd try and open my mind a bit more this year so would go to a show and apparently she was funny last year (or the year before), part of me is looking forward to it but part of me is dreading it cos i normally can't stand female comedians on the tele, i've been told she's not like this but i'm hoping i'm not in for a night hearing about how men are *******s, how women love cakes and how hard they've got it.

Suppose it'll get me out the house if nothing else.

I think she's one of the few female comedians that can be pretty funny. She will talk about cakes, like, but she is good with it. Infinitely better than the likes of Jo Brand. I wouldn't mind going to see Sarah Millican, tbh.

If you go in expecting to hate it, you will though - same with anything, really. I'm glad you're taking an open mind, you'll enjoy it.

[WeAreHibs]

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I think she's one of the few female comedians that can be pretty funny. She will talk about cakes, like, but she is good with it. Infinitely better than the likes of Jo Brand. I wouldn't mind going to see Sarah Millican, tbh.

If you go in expecting to hate it, you will though - same with anything, really. I'm glad you're taking an open mind, you'll enjoy it.

She's the most annoying hideous female. Good luck to you.

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[Speedy]

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Never been to a comedy show before but going to see Sarah Millican on wednesday, i'm normally dead against going to see anything in the festival due to the amount of annoying twats that try far too hard to be funny.

Said i'd try and open my mind a bit more this year so would go to a show and apparently she was funny last year (or the year before), part of me is looking forward to it but part of me is dreading it cos i normally can't stand female comedians on the tele, i've been told she's not like this but i'm hoping i'm not in for a night hearing about how men are *******s, how women love cakes and how hard they've got it.

Suppose it'll get me out the house if nothing else.

You could be disappointed because she talks about cakes a fair bit. She's pretty funny though.
One thing im looking forward to seeing is piff the magic dragon, he's a magician/comedian - look him up on youtube

[ArabHibee]

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She's the most annoying hideous female. Good luck to you.

[stevensons-fan]

I saw Damian Clark last night and thought he was really good, worth seeing!

[Jack]

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Never been to a comedy show before but going to see Sarah Millican on wednesday, i'm normally dead against going to see anything in the festival due to the amount of annoying twats that try far too hard to be funny.Said i'd try and open my mind a bit more this year so would go to a show and apparently she was funny last year (or the year before), part of me is looking forward to it but part of me is dreading it cos i normally can't stand female comedians on the tele, i've been told she's not like this but i'm hoping i'm not in for a night hearing about how men are *******s, how women love cakes and how hard they've got it.Suppose it'll get me out the house if nothing else.

I wonder how our new luvvy got on =-O

[Phil D. Rolls]

Went to see Ken Dee at the Art College last night. A really good drag act (so my Mrs told me). Curse of the Fringe though - guys that could pack out halls elsewhere reduced to playing to 20 people in a 100 seat auditorium - must take some bottle to get through the show,

Gag of the night - "why do pigeons fly upside down in Airdrie? Because there's nothing worth sh*tting on".

[hibsbollah]

I liked Sarah Millican, very funny. I think some blokes just have a mental block with female comedians...give her a chance :-)

[AllyF]

I urge you to go and see Adam Riches, Hannibal Buress and James Acaster. So, so good.

[Twiglet]

I saw Dave Gorman the other week there and would recommend him too.

Saw Pokermen last night too. It's 4 comedians sitting around a table playing poker drinking beer and talking. It's hosted by a guy called Andre Vincent, the other 3 comedians change each night. They've got holes in the table cover with cameras underneath so the audience can see the cards. They play until someone's won the pot (£240, they each start with £60 worth of chips)
Last night it was Andrew Maxwell, Thom Tucker and another guy whose name I can't remember.
It was really funny, a lot due to the fact that Andrew Maxwell doesn't know how to play poker. The comedians get a chance to basically show a little bit about who they are, though Andrew Maxwell dominated last night. One of the funniest moments was this guy in the audience suddenly said after about 40 mins "does anyone actually find this funny?! Are you going to tell any jokes?!". They all turned round and told him to leave if he wasn't liking it, so he did storm out...in his tight red jeans and canvas shoes. Got ripped so much. Andrew Maxwell put on this brilliant Edinburgh accent and started going on about how he needed to leave to get his taxi back to Corstorphine.

It's the kind of thing you could go back to cos it'll be different with different comedians.

It's on a midnight and George Square Thurs-Sun.

I don't really know how to play poker (and neither do my friends who went too), but we still enjoyed it.

[danhibees1875]

I'd hugely recommend James Acaster(pleasance) and Joel Dommett(dome)

Late Night Gimp Fight was also brilliant Don't get put off by the name, its a brilliant sketch show

[CropleyWasGod]

Mark Thomas at the Bongo. Brilliant as ever.


And Silent at Dancebase. Don't be put off by the venue... it's not a dance show.

[easty]

Went to see James Acaster last night, after seeing a couple of folk on here big him up. Glad I did, he was really good! So thanks for the recomendation danhibees1875 and AllyF.

[AllyF]

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Went to see James Acaster last night, after seeing a couple of folk on here big him up. Glad I did, he was really good! So thanks for the recomendation danhibees1875 and AllyF.

Glad to hear it!

I was lucky enough to see Adam Buxton's BUG tonight and I have never laughed so consistently for 90 minutes in my life. He is, in my opinion, the most naturally funny man in the country.

[Hibee-Bongo]

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Glad to hear it!

I was lucky enough to see Adam Buxton's BUG tonight and I have never laughed so consistently for 90 minutes in my life. He is, in my opinion, the most naturally funny man in the country.

Nice one im going tonight.