Pappy's Fun Club

Edinburgh Free Fringe round-up

24 Aug 2009

In a festival where Ricky Gervais can charge whatever he wants for a show in the Playhouse and sell out comfortably, as well as expecting to pay £10 for a half-decent comedian nobody's heard of, it's nice to see the free alternatives still going strong.

Comedy hitlist

23 Aug 2009

Alun Cochrane, Anna & Katy, Brendon Burns, Jonny Sweet, Kim Noble, Pappy's Fun Club, Phil Nichol, Richard Herring,

Pappy's Fun Club

Sketch favourites achieve cohesion through chaos

11 Aug 2009

Sketch comedy at the Fringe is often accused of a lack of fluidity, in the absence of an over-arching narrative thread to keep its audience engaged. Former if.comedy award nominees Pappy’s Fun Club may have been guilty of this in the past, but somehow…

Comedy Hitlist

The best comedy from the festival

9 Aug 2009

Pappy’s Fun Club A supersonic jaunt through a ludicrous yet hilarious number of sketches in a mere 60 minutes. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, until 31 Aug (not 17), 7.20pm, £12-£14 (£10.50-£12.50). Hans Teeuwen The Dutch comic-actor breaks…

Figures of fun

What the Edinburgh Festival means in numbers

13 Jul 2009

1,535,519 tickets, 34,265 performances and nine rubber ducks. All that and more make up a busy August.

Pappy's Fun Club

14 Aug 2008

The sleeper hit of 2007, PFC storm back with Funergy (is it possible to have a laugh and be environmentally friendly at the same time?), with an avid following cracking up at every daft aside or snippet of nonsense. There's an early-Boosh charm to all…

Daddy fool - Pappy’s Fun Club

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

With the spirit of The Monkees and Monty Python coursing through their comedic veins, sketch troupe Pappy’s Fun Club tell Marissa Burgess that cash worries have fuelled their success