Whether you’re a fan of O’Doherty already or have only just come across him, there is one absolute certainty - you will not be able to help but like this man. You will like him a lot. Coming equipped with an if.comedy award and nine previous Fringe shows, O’Doherty is in no position to have to worry about the safety of his comedy crown. 
Those who don’t know her for the ‘Bend and Snap’ in Legally Blonde will recognise her as Stifler’s Mom from American Pie. But that doesn’t mean Jennifer Coolidge is willing to be typecast, as her new stand up show proves.
Chat shows are a brave format for any comedian. There was an odd moment, watching Hardeep Singh Kohli, just after the guests sat down and he had finished his prologue, that the idea seemed to stumble. He started cooking and chatting away with his first guest, but the audience didn’t seem to warm; indeed the conversation came across as forced.
It is often said of Edinburgh that it is essentially an English colony, cleverly disguised beneath the panoply of tartan regalia, saltires and fake ginger hair. Unlike most territories within the cultural influence of London, however, the city's Scots have remained defiant in one very important respect: sport. Latest Reviews
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Melbourne-based trio The Suitcase Royale have been performing together since 2004, and now they’ve brought their “Junkyard Theatre” style to the Pleasance in a hilarious tale of a boxer whose wife’s apparent murder is investigated by an undercover private detective. | 02 September 2010
Mixing theatre and cinema, Sin Sangre is an impressive combination of the two art forms, but not one that helps tell the story. Adapted from a novella by Alessandro Baricco, it begins during the Chilean civil war and looks at the violence and vengeance that occurred under Pinochet. Three men kill a doctor for war crimes at his forest hide-out, but they leave his young daughter alive. Years later, one of the men meets the girl and, as they tell their life stories, a break in the cycle of violence becomes a possibility.
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A review of Bo Burnham might seem to be rendered slightly redundant by his already sold out shows and his nomination for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award, but even though I really did enjoy his Words..., I might as well bring my usual brand of patronising advice to the table. This time it’s simple: dude, get over yourself and smile.| 02 September 2010
With an audience comprising only five people (two children and their family), Phil Kay’s show gets off to a slow start. However, Phil Kay is clearly a lovely man with an abundance of energy who makes a commendable effort to entertain his intimate audience despite the clearly disappointing turnout.
Shortlisted for this year’s Total Theatre Awards in the Innovation category, winner of The Stage Award for ‘Best Solo Performer 2009’, and having been an Official Fringe Sell-Out Show last year, Theatre Ad Infinitum’s production of Odyssey returns to Edinburgh. In a thrilling and mesmerising performance of Homer’s classic story. George Mann narrates and plays all the characters, including Odysseus returning home after the Trojan War. This is quite simply one of the best hours of entertainment you’ll find at the festival.
As a well-known face on the comedy scene (particularly thanks to his regular spot on popular shows such as ‘Mock The Week’) Sean Lock effortlessly fills this sizeable venue not only with sell-out audiences, but a lot of laughter. The cockney geezer charms the crowd with his slick, smart and funny routine. 
“Even the Dalai Lama is only a line of cheap speed away from being an arsehole.”
The audience huddle around in this cosy pub for a fascinating forty minute one-man performance delivered with such ease and conviction that it doesn’t feel like a performance at all. 
