British Comedy Guide

2016 Edinburgh Fringe

Matt Forde: It's My Political Party (and I'll Cry if I Want to)

Matt Forde: It's My Political Party (and I'll Cry if I Want to). Matt Forde
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33: Pleasance Courtyard

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Following the UK's most important referendum until the next one, Matt Forde celebrates why it's great/awful that we're in/out of the EU/UK/NATO/whatever the hell happens next. As seen on The Royal Variety Performance 2015 (ITV), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Mock the Week (BBC Two), and Question Time (BBC One). 'A first class comic' (Guardian). 'Highly engaging, inherently funny... an ability to ad-lib laughs out of thin air' (Chortle.co.uk).

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Edinburgh Diary: festivals, satire and Brexity Britain

The FT Weekend editor takes his first trip to the Fringe and visits the grand old man of Scottish politics.

Alec Russell, The Financial Times, 2nd September 2016

How Brexit gave comedy the shot in the arm it needed

"I woke up on June 24, and thought 'Cor blimey, I didn't see that one coming!' " exclaims Henning Wehn, self-styled "German Comedy Ambassador in London", near the start of his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Westphalia is Not an Option.

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 15th August 2016

Edinburgh Fringe: Why comedians need to get serious

found myself sitting at a comedy gig at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the other day and having a Richard Pryor moment. It was a decent show, by an established comic, musing on the vagaries of life. It was funny and well observed but all I could think was, what am I doing here? I wanted something different. A comic who would use his or her wit to interrogate some of the big issues we're facing.

Will Gompertz, BBC News, 12th August 2016

Political comedy isn't dead

Serious issues are back on the stand-up agenda. Here are the Fringe's hottest topics.

Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 7th August 2016

Brexit and the Edinburgh fringe

Comedians from Al Murray to Bridget Christie explain why they tore up their planned sets and started from scratch after Brexit vote.

Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 4th August 2016

50 must-see comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe (Link expired)

Here at WOW 247 we've pooled together our comedy brains to pick out a whopping 50 shows we think make a good starting point for any Fringe adventurer.

Matthew Dunne-Miles, Finlay Greig and Craig Leiper, WOW247, 2nd August 2016

Ten politicial Fringe shows

As politics gets more manic, and possibly depressing, than ever, here are ten shows that try to find the funny in the tumultuous times.

Chortle, 25th July 2016

Dapper laughs: comedians with a sense of style

Some of the Fringe's top comedians reveal why they dress to impress on stage.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 12th July 2016

Performances

Date Time Venue
3rd Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard
4th Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard
5th Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard
6th Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard
7th Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard
8th Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard
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28th Aug 2016 15:50 Pleasance Courtyard

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