We’re going to go through a selection of jokes from Edinburgh Fringe over the years. I’ll tell them, and then scrutinise them for meaning and language, leaving the jokes like dead frogs which have been dissected in a science lab at school. ...
Analysing humour, it has been said, is a bit like dissecting a frog. You can do it - but the frog dies in the process. So it is probably not wise to try to explain exactly why a one-liner by Tim Vine has been named as the best joke at this year's Edinburgh Fringe....
“Why did the chicken commit suicide? To get to the other side.”Sara Pascoe, at the Edinburgh Fringe, 2010 See what I mean? The jokes can be silly, but funny. Some of the best English jokes comprise of many Q & A formats. Another one is: Q: “What’s the difference between Engl...
His live show ‘You Shouldn’t Have’ received multiple 5 star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, and in 2023 he won two Chortle Awards, in the social Social Media and Best Variety Act categories. “I think I may have just found my new favourite comedian” The Times *** “This is ...
Comedy was a success for Aisling as in 2012, she won the ‘Glided Ballon So You Think You’re Funny‘ award at theEdinburghFestival Fringe. Also, in 2013, she was nominated for theBest Newcomerat the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her show ‘C’est La Bea‘. ...
Nick Clark reports on the competition to find the finest Fringe funnyClark, Nick
Fringe - The fringe in theatre land is the equivalent of off broadway in the USA. The most famous fringe is at the Edinburgh Festival, where some of the finest new acts are to be seen. Fruit machine - Slot machine to you. The fruit machines in Las Vegas are like the ones we had in...
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tells a love story through the medium of computer programming. What we said:"Every time she comes close to making a point, she burns it to the ground with a beaut of a punchline. Her delivery is tricksy, too, dancing deftly on the thin line between ...
Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting, back from their second year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where they were proclaimed “biggest revelation” by the Guardian, performing a new sketch show about reality TV at The PIT upstairs theatre: The Underdeveloped and Overexposed Life and Death of Deena Domino...
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Sketch duo Chris & Paul perform a new show at The PIT upstairs theatre while preparing to take another show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: The Chris & Paul Show 8:00 pm ($5): Two singing improv troupes make up entire musicals on the spot in this do...