Category Archives: Edinburgh Fringe Reviews 2011

My Name is Hannibal: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience

My Name is Hannibal: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience ***** Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ. 0131-556 6550 3-29 August 2011, £9-£11.50 Cool, confident and intelligent, American comedian Hannibal Burres is a favourite at the Montreal, Chicago, New York and Melbourne Comedy … Continue reading

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Flawless: Intergalactic Dream

Flawless: Intergalactic Dream ***** Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ. 0131-556 6550 3-29 August 2011, £13.50-£18.50.   WINNER OF THE FORTH ONE AWARD FOR BEST FRINGE PERFORMANCE 2010. Flawless are a world-class street dance and break-dancing crew, who performed in the movie … Continue reading

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Zanzibar Cats

Zanzibar Cats Roy Hutchins performs a selection of Heathcote Williams poems ** Gilded Balloon, Wine Bar. 3pm Daily. 3-29th August 2011 Heathcote Williams is perhaps best known for his epic poems, Whale Nation, Autogeddon and Falling For A Dolphin, which were interpreted … Continue reading

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Hug me I feel Good – Patrick Monahan

Hug me I feel Good – Patrick Monahan Gilded Balloon, Wine Bar. 8pm Daily. 3-29th August 2011  – 3.5/5 International award winning Irish-Iranian-Teeside comedian returns with a brand new show direct from sell-out tours of Australia, Estonia, Spain and the UK. … Continue reading

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Dana Alexander – New Arrival

Dana Alexander – New Arrival Underbelly, 56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG. 8pm Daily. 4-28th August 2011. £8-£10. **** Fresh to the UK, meet new arrival, Dana Alexander. As the only black comedienne in Canada, Dana’s comedic style is both refreshing and … Continue reading

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National Museum of Scotland

National Museum of Scotland ***** Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF Tel: 0300 123 6789 Daily 10-5pm. Free, but donations welcome. Review of visit on 10th August 2011 To be honest, and I should be ashamed to write this, but I … Continue reading

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Spent

Spent *** Pleasance Dome, Potterow, 1 Bristo Squre, EH8 9AL. 14.55. 3-29th August 2011. £9-9.50 (£7.50-£8.50 concessions). Theatre. Comedy. A two-person comedy highly acclaimed for its fast paced, intelligent and poetic commentary on the greed that caused the financial crises. … Continue reading

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Please hold – You’re being transferred to a UK based Asian representative

Please hold – You’re being transferred to a UK based Asian representative Star Rating: **** Review date: 11th August 20111 4th-27th August 2011. 12.40pm Finnegan’s Wake, The Back Room, 9B Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH1 2HE Laughing Horse Free Fringe. … Continue reading

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Lauren and Marc’s Comedy Snack

Lauren and Marc’s Comedy Snack Laughing Horse Free Festival. Finnegan’s Wake. 9B Victoria Street, EH1 2 HE. 12noon. 4-18th August 2011. Free, but donations welcome. Lauren Shearing (Laughing Horse and Amused Moose Semi-Finalist 2011) and Marc Norris bring you a … Continue reading

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The W. Kamau Bell Curve – Ending Racism in About An Hour

The W. Kamau Bell Curve – Ending Racism in About An Hour ***** 21.30pm. 3-29th August 2011. Pleasance Courtyard. 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ. £11&£12 (£9.50& £11 concessions). Kamau has been praised by Punchline Magazine as ‘one of America’s most adept … Continue reading

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