Siân Bevan

The Muffia

Uncomfortable, unplanned and best avoided

19 Aug 2009

Tight Women is a baffling little number, telling the tale of two market traders fantasising about their own telly show. However, the action is overshadowed by the awkward silence of an audience desperately trying to like and understand the two stars…

Lady Garden draw out their secret show

Board Meeting: Lady Garden

13 Aug 2010

Looking particularly floral, Lady Garden catch the eyes of people loitering in the Courtyard this afternoon. It's not just the amazing oufits: these six ladies have been building a reputation as one of the sketch shows that it's worth making an effort…

Jojo Sutherland Goes for the Jocular - in pictures

Board Meeting: Jojo Sutherland

7 Aug 2010

Jojo returns to home territory with her show Jojo Sutherland Goes for the Jocular, where she'll tackle all the grievances that have been driving her barmy over the past year. She'll be taking a lunchtime spot at The Stand, a time of day when a bit of…

The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit

1 Aug 2007

There are lots of monsters appearing at this year’s Fringe, but none so ugly as this one.

Alfie Brown & Ivo Graham

Rants and interruptions hamper this newbie duo

15 Aug 2010

Maybe they’ve had too many accolades in the past year, including the So You Think You’re Funny title for Graham, and have become complacent. Maybe they were having an off night, or rushed up to Edinburgh, eager to show their talents but not quite sure…

Edinburgh Festival comedy highlights for a fiver

15 Jul 2009

Ooh, a Fringe in a credit crunch. It’ll be interesting times for all this year, but if you get in quick you can catch some of the best acts in exchange for a mere fiver. We’ve selected fifty of the finest shows you can see for the price of a…

Pick of 2006 - Hot 100

Top 50

12 Dec 2006

The List’s Hot 100 celebrates the people who have made the biggest impact on cultural life in Scotland over the past 12 months.

Nat Luurtsema supports the dinosaurs using wipeable pens

Board Meeting: Nat Luurtsema

13 Aug 2010

This Summer Nat is discussing heroism and being helpful in bad situations. As such she drew the first dinosaur of the Board Meeting series, complete with first sword. If that's not worth having a gander at her quirky brand of comedy, then the dinosaurs…

Ben Dover

Penetrating tales of filth with dodgy jokes

20 Aug 2009

Everyone in the room knows what to expect from this chirpy pornography pioneer. His show is unashamed filth, packed with glorious details of the fascinating world of the professional shagger. In a Festival full of sex tales, it’s intriguing to hear the…

The Boy and the Dog Who Walked to the Moon

16 Aug 2007

This beautiful story follows the adventures of Tomas and his dog Don Alfonso as they travel to the moon, where Tomas hopes to find his mother. Along the way they encounter vibrant characters, such as the very grumpy eagle in the mountains, all depicted…

Rob Rouse gets his teeth into Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Board Meeting: Rob Rouse

23 Aug 2010

OK, so ignore the fact Mr Rob Rouse is standing in front of the wrong venue board, and pay attention to the GENIUS of bitten sheep. It looks like he's biting it! Who needs Toy Story 3? This year he's talking about sorting himself out with the…

Pete Firman illustrates his Edinburgh show via a whiteboard

Board Meeting: Pete Firman

23 Aug 2010

Aww...look how nice Pete Firman is. He's only gone and starred out the sweary word on his board so we don't get offended. Thank fuck. He's also been very sensible and named his show in fine Ronseal fashion, so you know exactly what you're getting: Jokes…

Time Travelling Magicians conjure up a sketch with marker pens

Board Meeting: Morgan & West

23 Aug 2010

The Board Meetings Prize for dapper dressers go to these lovely Time Travelling Magicians, who won our hearts by doing a little fancy trick with their tiny flyer. It was like the future and the past all in one hand movement. Magical fun. Morgan…

Robert White's Outrageously Peculiar sketch of his Fringe show

Board Meeting: Robert White

23 Aug 2010

You are looking at a man in blue, with blue pants over tights, holding a trumpet in one hand and a whiteboard with a phallic keyboard on the other. You, ladies and gentlemen, are looking at Robert White. Robert White's Outrageously Peculiar Organ…

Paul Sweeney describes his show using the medium of marker pens

Board Meeting: Paul Sweeney & Tom Webb

23 Aug 2010

Look at the cheeky wee grin on it. There's a panda AND a bear on this board, topped off with a Paul Sweeney sporting a lovely moustache. What more could a discerning audience member require? Oh, comedy. That too. Paul Sweeney and Tom Webb,The GRV.

Bruce Fummey warns our board that the end is nigh!

Board Meeting: Bruce Fummey

19 Aug 2010

It's an apocalyptic sight on a Fringe afternoon and a pretty doom-laden topic, as Scottish comedian Bruce Fummey talks about the end of time. With jokes. After a few years looking to history for inspiration for his shows, this time he's looking at the…

Purple pornstar namesake draws us a rather un-sexual picture

Board Meeting: Sarah-Louise Young

19 Aug 2010

Sarah-Louise Young takes on many guises. She's a darling of the cabaret scene, adopting a variety of characters to showcase her many acting and vocal talents. She's also, as it happens, one of our most chipper models to date. And the ukulele? Apparently…

Golden Lizard give us one of the most impressive boards

Board Meeting: Golden Lizard

19 Aug 2010

Their lizard may not be entirely golden in this shot, but it has a nosebleed. Random bits of blood is, we believe, the new thing in comedy. Especially when you give comedians the option of a red board marker. Nice funny boys doing characters and…

Comedy Zone show off their artistic talents

Board Meeting: The Comedy Zone

19 Aug 2010

If you're finding it difficult to decide which comedians to see, then The Comedy Zone has four fine young things showing off for an hour and a half. And, if their whiteboard is to be believed, they all look exactly the same. Apart from the scary giant…

Andy Linden expresses himself in odd ways on our board

Board Meeting: Andy Linden

19 Aug 2010

It's the dude you might recognise off the telly doing chat and that. If we were to analyse his Board, we could conclude that he either sees himself as the Elephant Man or a balloon. We're not sure which is more worrying.

Yianni Agisilaou

A lovely hour with some fine, funny company

16 Aug 2010

In They @#$% You Up: Greek Parents, Agisilaou presents a charming show about his Greek-Cypriot family. He’s a naturally affable storyteller, with clear affections for his unique relatives, brought to life with fabulous set pieces. The delivery…

Simon Evans

Tightly written and carefully delivered

16 Aug 2010

Evans executes the carefully crafted persona of an articulate, opinionated after-dinner speaker with a penchant for an extended vocabulary. Within the boundaries of this character, he charts familiar territories: slagging the Welsh, the Geordies and the…

Ronna and Beverly don't need to do better next time

Board Meeting: Ronna and Beverly

13 Aug 2010

Ronna and Beverly light up the Courtyard as they totter towards the whiteboard challenge with their trademark Jewish Mother voices cutting through the polite chat of a billion posh people talking about reviews of people they're planning on buying (ok…

Pipe smoking Mr B Scribbles down some of his favourite things, "Me"

Board Meeting: Me! Me! Me!

13 Aug 2010

There are some acts that you meet and wish they made the rules for how the rest of the world dressed, behaved and rapped. Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer doesn't, yet, but you could totally get tips in his lunchtime show at the Ghillie Dhu. But keep the pipe…

Sarah Bennetto draws her first card

Board Meeting: Sarah Bennetto

13 Aug 2010

Sarah Bennetto is totally winning our prize for best (and quite speedy) drawing. She's spending her August telling of how Prince Charles (actually) invited her to the Palace and how she (actually) went. Look! It's Charles on a card! Our minds are…