Fringe 2011 comedy: five free shows
Featuring Hatty Ashdown, Jody Kamali, Paul Foot, Norman Lovett and Gadd, Kirk and Winning
Hatty Ashdown
‘Hatty Ashdown’s brain is made up of funny molecules,’ claims Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper with what is presumably deemed as a compliment. Nan-Child helps us peer into a curious world.
Finnegan’s Wake, 225 9348, 5–27 Aug (not 7, 14, 21), 3.50pm.
Jody Kamali
Bristol’s foremost Iranian comedian makes his sixth Fringe appearance with Business Coaching for Idiots, a multi-character extravaganza which promises/threatens ‘corporate bullshit’.
The Hive, 556 0444, until 28 Aug (not 15), 2.30pm.
Gadd, Kirk and Winning
A trio of Scotland’s would-be comedy superstars (including James Kirk who won last year’s So You Think You’re Funny gong), give us an hour of nifty, if apparently awkward, comedy.
Bannermans, 226 0000, 6–16 Aug, 1.45pm.
Shakespeare’s Monkeys
With Paul Foot at the director’s table, The Underdogs will hope to snap up the plaudits for this sketchy satire on Shakespeare.
The Three Sisters, 622 6801, 7–28 Aug (not 13, 20, 27), 12.15pm.
Norman Lovett
The chap who was once a hologram on Red Dwarf brings his ebullient self to a Canongate venue in order to boost the celeb count of those doing it for free.
The Canons’ Gait, 226 0000, 6–29 Aug (not 15, 22), 8.25pm.