Tag Archives: Edinburgh
Threeweeks Review – Race Off
Race Off
Comic Angels
Half hour of stand up for free: not very funny, just as its not a waste of money. Brett O’Shaughnessy, hailing from the east end of London, is energetic and talented, but felt out of place. Good material should create a bond between the audience and performer through recognition, but the crowd didn’t [...]
Threeweeks Review: Jim Bowen
Jim Bowen – Look At What You Could Have Won
Ovation
If you loved ‘Bullseye’ then you will probably enjoy this nostalgic ride. However, if the idea of a 71 year old man telling age-old gags, chatting to mediocre guests and playing darts for some dismal prizes sounds like uncomfortable viewing, then look elsewhere. His act mostly [...]
Threeweeks Review – Richard Herring
Richard Herring – The Headmaster’s Son
Avalon Productions
Richard Herring – he’s juvenile, puerile, immature – but he loves it. Harking back to his teenage years, positioned as he was as both son and pupil of his father, Herring reads through the lost diaries of his youth – which his 14 year old self had created for [...]
Threeweeks Review – Delete The Banjax
Your Money Or Your Life/PBH’s Free Free Fringe
Delete The Banjax/PBH’s Free Fringe
Sketch shows are mostly the same, but this one breaks slightly with the traditional formula; loosely themed as a cut-price charity telethon to end all disease, and featuring top quality prize raffles, celebrity guests and pleading relatives, the show flows from sketch to sketch [...]
Threeweeks Review – E.H.F.