{"id":4122,"date":"2017-09-12T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2018-01-11T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T14:54:41","slug":"edinburgh-fringe-turns-seventy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/edinburgh-fringe-turns-seventy\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Fringe Turns Seventy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edinburgh fringe festival has been \u201cdefying the norm since 1947\u201d with theatre, comedy, dance, circus, cabaret, music, spoken word and so much more on the increasingly eclectic menu. This year I made it all about stand up and saw performances that overstepped every boundary, committed every faux pas and had me reminding myself: \u201cIt\u2019s okay to laugh\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With 3873 shows to choose from, planning your way through Edinburgh Fringe is an intimidating (and futile) mission. I found the best way about it was to go by recommendation or to simply stumble upon shows. Over four days I got a taste of everything and today I am that much closer to a six-pack after having laughed harder than ever before.<\/p>\n

Here are four favourites that\u2019ll I\u2019ll be looking out for next time round:<\/p>\n

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Clusterf**k<\/h4>\n

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The name says it all. Clusterf**k is a mash up of comedy acts that leaves you saying \u201cWhat the f**k\u201d?! If you like off-the-wall, completely out of control comedy then you\u2019ll love this. The free comedy show features sketches, stand-up, improv and, for us, \u201cupside down man\u201d, metronome romance and an angry naked kiwi doing a handstand.<\/p>\n

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Russell Hicks<\/h4>\n

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Photo credit: Dan Tambling Comedy<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

When Russell Hicks swaggered on stage during a comedy compilation show we all let loose an internal groan. Great – an obnoxious (seemingly drunk) Yank, this is going to be painful. In a way we were right: his ad-lib and back and forth with the audience was side-splittingly funny and literally had us in tears.<\/p>\n

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Spank!<\/h4>\n

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From 12-3 am this comedy show is after the watershed for good reason. Raucous comedy, explicit nudity and language make for a wild night out. Don\u2019t be shy; there\u2019s a lot of audience interaction.<\/p>\n

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2 Girls 1 Cup of Comedy<\/h4>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0tickets.edfringe.com<\/h5>\n

Maybe women were underrepresented this year or maybe it was the luck of the drawer but we kept finding ourselves in front of male comedians. \u201cUs men are just funnier than you\u201d goaded my friend. It was imperative to prove him wrong and 2 Girls 1 Cup had my friends eating\u2026.their words. I may have had the last laugh but the guys loved this all-lady lineup too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making out with metronomes, reveries of a marsh mellow kingdom is all in a day\u2019s work at the Edinburgh Fringe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,12,355],"tags":[74,358],"yoast_head":"\nEdinburgh fringe turns seventy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Edinburgh fringe festival is an international cultural phenomenon and should be a must visit for all who visit the Scotish capital.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/edinburgh-fringe-turns-seventy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edinburgh fringe turns seventy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Edinburgh fringe festival is an international cultural phenomenon and should be a must visit for all who visit the Scotish capital.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/edinburgh-fringe-turns-seventy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Guidebook - 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