2014 Edinburgh Fringe
Liam Williams: Capitalism
Less pathetic now, Williams follows his Best Newcomer nominated debut with a free show about money. Let Edinburgh tremble. He's in Sheeps if you're a fan of them, though his solo stuff is a bit different tonally. If you like television he's done a few things for that: Russell Howard's Good News, Comedy Central At The Comedy Store, something for Channel 4. And if you're old, he's been on BBC Radio 4, like, three times. 'Beautifully crafted' ***** (Metro). 'A rather special stand-up' (Telegraph).
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Introducing the nominees
The results are announced on Saturday. Before that, I'm off to watch them all again. Even at three weeks and 89 shows in, I can't wait.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 21st August 2014Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2014: quirky and unpredictable
This year's Comedy Awards shortlist distils an ever-broadening spectrum of talented comedians, says chair of judges Mark Monahan.
Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 20th August 2014Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees 2014
Details on the 7 shows up for Best Show in the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2014.
British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2014Ten free comedy shows at the Edinburgh festival 2014
From Luisa Omielan' feelgood hour to Liam Williams's pensive set, here are 10 fringe shows where you pay on the way out.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 17th August 2014Preview: 10 Edfringe shows I must see in week two
As the Edinburgh Fringe enters its second week shows that I'm hearing about can start to be divided into two distinct categories. The ones that publicists are pushing and the ones that critics and friends without a vested interest are starting to get genuinely excited about.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th August 2014Top 22 free shows in Edinburgh
The free part of the Edinburgh Fringe just gets stronger and stronger, and here are London is Funny's top recommendations...
London Is Funny, 1st August 2014How to spend £30 at the Edinburgh Fringe
Expensive isn't it, the Fringe? What with those pesky opportunist landlords and those pesky twilight boozers.
London is Funny is sadly unable to intervene when it comes to sweeping rent controls, or alcohol licensing legislation, but LiF CAN help when it comes to having a cracking day of comedy without breaking the bank.
Behold the London is Funny Fringe day planners! (£50 article to come later this week)
London Is Funny, 30th July 2014Paul Sinha's recommendations
I'm not doing Edinburgh this year. In the meantime the following people are risking everything in the hope of public acclaim and artistic progress.They have my utmost admiration, and if you are up in Edinburgh do go and see them.
Paul Sinha, , 29th July 2014Edinburgh Picks 2014: The bringers of buzz
The most talked-about acts going into August...
Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 25th July 2014Awards pressure
A list of the comedian at the 2014 Fringe who were nominated in 2013 for the main awards.
British Comedy Guide, 13th July 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Liam Williams
Williams' solo work falls somewhere between character comedy and confessional. Is he really such a dour northerner? Is his outlook really so bleak? It is hard to tell where truth ends and imagination starts.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th July 2014Best free comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
In our second list of Edinburgh Fringe comedy recommendations we take a look of some of the top free shows this August.
Laugh Out London, 2nd July 2014More details
Less pathetic now, Best Newcomer Award Nominee Liam Williams returns following his widely-acclaimed debut to the Fringe with a free show about money.
A self-reflective introduction to British comedy's bright young thinker, Williams' debut was a down-beat promenade through casted optimisms, and personal shortcomings. Following two sold-out London runs, a UK tour, critical acclaim, and an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination, Williams returns...
If you like television he's done a few things for that: Russell Howard's Good News, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, something for Channel 4. And if you're old, he's been on BBC Radio 4, like, three times.
Capitalism shoots (just as firmly) from the other hip. Things are going well, Williams' chin is up, his mouth is beginning to turn upwards at the corners, and yet the monkey refuses to relinquish its grip on his back.
Within success and happiness there remains a space for inadequacy, and that is precisely where this show finds itself nestled. Williams continues on his existential journey, with anotably outward-looking hour. His attention has turned to economic struggle, societal obligation, apathy, malaise, and the implications of reaching quarter-life with one's brainintact. It's abrasive stuff, but with a spring in its step.
Williams recently wrote and starred in his own series of Channel 4's Comedy Blaps (featuring Alison Steadman, Charlotte Ritchie, and Duncan Preston). In 2013 he was named asone of GQ's 'Men of the next 25 years', appeared as the standup act on Russell Howard's Good News (BBC Three), as a guest on Phil & Alice's Lolz Lounge (BBC Radio 1) and featured in Jamie Demetriou's Comedy Blaps (Channel 4). In 2012 he appeared in Doctor Brown's Channel 4 pilot, as well as performing solo as part of BBC Comedy presents.
Elsewhere on the Fringe Liam appears in Sheeps: Wembley Previews.
Performances
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| 31st Jul 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |
| 1st Aug 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |
| 2nd Aug 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |
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| 21st Aug 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |
| 22nd Aug 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |
| 23rd Aug 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |
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| 25th Aug 2014 | 13:15 | The Cellar Monkey |