The Definitive Guide to Comedy
August means all comedy eyes on Edinburgh, at least for those who love one-person shows, madcap eccentrics and a trip to Scotland. Sam Wills, aka “The Boy With Tape on His Face,” aka Tape Face for viewers this summer on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, delivered the official welcoming address to performers …
Congrats to this year’s winners of the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, announced over the weekend at the tail end of the monthlong Edinburgh Fringe! 2015 Best Comedy Show award: Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast 2015 Best Newcomer award: Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap 2015 Panel Prize: Karen Koren Simmons, whose cheeky brand …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
The shortlist of nominees for Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards from this 2014 EdFringe are out, and among the Brits and Aussies is one young Yank — 25-year-old American Alex Edelman, with his first EdFringe show, “Millennial.” Edelman started performing stand-up and soaking up the scene in Boston while still in …
Bridget Christie wore a “No More Page 3” shirt when she won the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards honor for Best Show at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her show, Bridget Christie: A Bic For Her, carried this description: “Star of BBC Radio 4’s Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, BBC2’s It’s …
We know we’re in the final days and nights of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe when the awards shortlist is released, and that just happened today. So here they are, your shortlisted nominees for the 2013 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards! Best Comic / Comedy Show For the funniest, most outstanding, up-and-coming …
Colt Cabana is both wrestler and comedian. At the Edinburgh Fringe this August, that makes him both performer and fan. In this fun promotional video for his own show, Cabana spends another rainy day in Edinburgh trying to get tickets to one of the multitude of great comedy shows happening …
From the announcement via Virgin: Virgin Atlantic have unveiled the next level of in-flight experience on their Little Reddomestic service. Get ready for live (yes you read that correctly, LIVE) in-flight entertainment. Passengers on selected Little Red flights will be treated to exclusive, intimate live music and comedy gigs from a series of rising stars whilst …
Another August, another onslaught of comedians converged upon Edinburgh, all vying for the attention of Scots and the comedy fans who come there each summer for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. And here is this year’s crop of North American acts making hey, hay and ha-has across the pond: Abigoliah Schamuan: …
The end of August brings with it the end of the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and the festival’s Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards were handed out Saturday afternoon. This year’s big winners: 2011 Best Comedy Show Award: Adam Riches, “Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches“ 2011 Best Newcomer Award: Humphrey …
