Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Comedy is not easy to enjoy with an eye on the clock
Tig Notaro's games hold up crowd anxious not to miss next show; Gareth Ellis gives himself a black eye and wins award.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21st August 2013Porn has never been more popular at the Fringe
Pornography is everywhere in this year's comedy programme - but not for the reasons you might think. Plus: awards week begins; and Andrea Dworkin, comedy heroine.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th August 2013Edinburgh fringe: young comedians sound a tragic note
Liam Williams and Bo Burnham point the way to an anxious comic future. Plus: to sweat, or not to sweat?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th August 2013Is Brendon Burns right that alternative comedy is dead?
Stand-up Brendon Burns suggests that putting comedians in pigeonholes doesn't make sense. Plus: old-school laughs on the Free Fringe, and comics have the last laugh on the football field.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th August 2013Is Brendon Burns right that alternative comedy is dead?
Standup Brendon Burns suggests that putting comedians in pigeonholes doesn't make sense. Plus: old-school laughs on the Free Fringe, and comics have the last laugh on the football field.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th August 2013Comedy at Edinburgh: when's best to watch it?
The assumption that laughter is a dish best served drunk is being challenged. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas baits Ian Rankin and Gráinne Maguire elects to go political.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th August 2013Fringe diary: Nat Luurtsema & Red Bastard
At the Edinburgh festival, Nat Luurtsema battles bad acoustics and a broken heart, David Quirk ponders cheating and Eric Davis's alter ego sets about demolishing some inhibitions.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th August 2013Sara Pascoe: And now for Nietzsche ...
Sara Pascoe is thriving at standup, but she'd rather be an 18th-century essayist. She talks to Brian Logan about politics, philosophy - and gigging with the RSC.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th August 2013Stewart Lee returns and Will Adamsdale put his back out
The 'saint of division and dissent' is back in town with a new show, Much A-Stew About Nothing, but audiences will have to wait for their latest sighting of the 2004 Perrier award winner Adamsdale, who is presumably in agony.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th August 2013Stand-up stars new and old prepare to have last laugh
Phill Jupitus, David Baddiel and Harry Potter star Jessie Cave among those who will perform at this year's festival
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th August 2013