Comedy
Comic Turns up at Playhouse
Tix on sale for Manford, Dolls, Kay and Ramseys.
Tickets have gone on general sale today, Friday 28 February 2020, for four new comedy dates at the Edinburgh Playhouse, with further dates in Glasgow.
Carr drives in to Edinburgh
Alan Carr’s Not Again, Alan! for Playhouse
Comedian Alan Carr will play the Edinburgh Playhouse and Glasgow King’s this September 2020 with his new show Not Again, Alan! as part of his first live stand-up in four years.
Playhouse Comedy update
Howard brings RESPITE; Mrs Brown adds date:
Russell Howard has announced he is to bring his Respite stand-up world tour to the Edinburgh Playhouse in August 2020, with tickets on sale 10am, Friday 20 December 2019.
Craig Ferguson sets EdFringe Playhouse gig
Comedian returns to EdFringe:
Craig Ferguson is to perform Hobo Fabulous, his first UK stand-up show for 25 years at the Playhouse during EdFringe 2019.
Eddie Izzard for Festival Theatre
Wunderbar Edinburgh dates in October 2019
Eddie Izzard is to play the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in October 2019 as part of the UK leg of his international Wunderbar tour.
Showtime from the Frontline
★★★★★ Popular and political:
What happens when a comedian runs a comedy club in one of the most violently repressed areas of the world? Showtime from the Frontline sounds like it should be a recipe for disaster.
Panti: High Heels in Low Places
✭✭✭✭✩ Sparkling:
Ireland’s reigning monarch sparkles in a performance at the Traverse which is often at odds with its all too civil format.
The Missing Hancocks: Live in Edinburgh
✭✭✭✭✩ Timeless comedy:
At first glance, The Missing Hancocks is a strange idea for a Fringe show – a recreation of the recording of 1950s radio programmes. All that matters, however, is that the result is two separate and extremely enjoyable shows.
Review – The Improvised Panto!
The route was convoluted and the going sometimes harder than it should have been, but Impro FX brought the happy ending home on the opening night of their improvised panto. Eventually.
Review – Eat, Pray, Laugh! Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour
Foul mouthed, rabidly racist and deliberately disparaging, there are few shrinking violets among the comic characters created by Barry Humphries, whose good-bye tour Eat, Pray, Laugh! is at the Festival Theatre all week.
