The 2007 Fringe (Jimmy’s 7th as a solo artist) was from August 5th to 27th. Jimmy was once again at the EICC, for 8 nights (16-19th and 23-26th). This year the gigs (Repeat Offender tour) start at 9pm. 1 hour 10 minutes and tickets £14 (concessions £12).
Written and performed by: Jimmy Carr
On the 25th August Edinburgh’s Jam House was the venue for the IF Comedy Awards (previously known as the Perrier Award). Christian Slater was presenting the awards and he attended the party afterwards. Along with Jimmy Carr, Simon Anstell and Robert Webb (and presumably the people that were nominated and/or won).
In a similar routine to 2006 he was once again at the Hen and Chickens Theatre on the 14th August. The UKTW listings said it was a Gag Reflex show, but I suspect it was more likely to have been a WIP Repeat Offender gig.
The 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Programme can be viewed here.
Below are some of the comedians that performed that year (in the order that I spotted their names in the programme). Where their show name was mentioned – it’s in brackets. Note that some people had multiple shows running.
- Tom Allen (…And Other Short Stories) – pic on page 22 of Tom with hair
- Stephen K Amos (More Of Me)
- Stephen K Amos (Weekend Talk Show)
- Shappi Khorsandi (Carry On Shappi)
- Adam Hills (Joymonger)
- Russell Howard (Adventures)
- Alan Carr (Alan Carr & Friends at the Fringe)
- Alex Horne (Birdwatching)
- Ricky Gervais (Fame)
- Andrew Lawrence (Social Leprosy for Beginners & Improvers)
- Andrew Maxwell (Waxin’)
- Phillip Jupitus and André Vincent (Waiting For Alice)
- Phill Jupitus (Reads Dickens)
- Isy Suttie (Love Lost in The British Retail Industry)
- Reginald D Hunter (F*ck You In the Age of Consequence)
- Henning Wehn & Otto Kuhnle (A Beginner’s Guide to German Humour!)
- Bridget Christie (The Court of King Charles)
- Marcus Brigstocke
- Chris McCausland (Chris McCausland’s Planes, Trains & Shameful Ordeals)
- Andy Zaltzman (Andy Zaltzman, 32, Administers His Emergency Dose of Afternoon Utopia, Steps Back, And Waits To See What Happens)
- Marcus Brigstocke & André Vincent (The Early Edition)
- David O’Doherty (It’s David O’Doherty Time)
- Frankie Boyle (Morons, I Can Heal You)
- Sarah Kendall (My Very First Kidnapping)
- Frank Skinner (Frank Skinner Stand Up)
- Nina Conti (Complete and Utter Conti)
- Tony Law (Revenge of the Dog of Time)
- Sean Hughes
- Rich Hall
- Rich Hall (Best Western – a New Play by Rich Hall)
- Hannah Gadsby (Hannah Gadsby Is Wrong and Broken)
- Richard Herring (Oh F*ck, I’m 40!)
- Janey Godley (Tell It Like It Is!)
- Janey Godley (Janey Godley’s Chat Show)
- Jimmy Carr (Repeat Offender)
- Idiots of Ants
- Ivan Brackenbury (Ivan Brackenbury’s Hospital Radio Roadshow)
- John Bishop (Stick Your Job Up Your Arse)
- Jerry Sadowitz (Psychopath)
- Jason Byrne (Shy Pigs, With Wigs, Hidden in the Twigs)
- Jason Byrne (Jason Byrne’s Telly Idea Which May Also Work on the Radio Show!)
- Jason Manford
- Jim Jefferies (30)
- Mark Watson (Can I Briefly Talk to You About the Point of Life?)
- Mark Watson (Mark Watson’s 24-Hour Jamboree to Save the Planet)
- Josie Long (Trying Is Good)
- Jon Richardson (Spatula Pad)
- Lucy Porter (Lucy Porter’s Love-in)
- Daniel Kitson
- Kristen Schaal (Kristen Schaal As You’ve Probably Never Seen Her Before).
- There is a picture (I’ve lost track of where it can be found) of American Kristen at the top of Edinburgh Castle with Jimmy, during this Edinburgh run. 2013/16 she was on the BFQ so, for anyone surprised to see her on there, she was known to Brit comedians back in 2007.
- Tim Key (The Slut in the Hut. A Difficult Hour of Poetry & Prose)
- Sean Lock
- Fred MacAulay
- Marc Maron & Kirk Fox
- Mark Olver (Say Something)
- Matt Forde (Matt Forde’s On Heat – with contributions from Jon Richardson & Mark Olver)
- Andrew Maxwell (Maxwell’s Fullmooners)
- Michael McIntyre (Michael McIntyre: Live at the Pleasance)
- Micky Flanagan (What Chance Change?)
- Miles Jupp (Everyday Rage and Dinner Party Chit Chat)
- Shazia Mirza
- Stewart Lee (41st Best Stand-Up Ever!)
- Nick Mohammed (4uarters)
- Paul Foot (Comedy For Connoisseurs)
- Paul Chowdhry (Lost in Confusion)
- Paul Merton (Paul Merton’s Impro Chums)
- Robin Ince (Knew This Would Happen)
- Rhod Gilbert (Who’s Eaten Gilbert’s Grape?)
- Russell Kane (East Cliché & Tired Stereotype)
- Simon Brodkin (One Man Comedy Club)
- Stuart Goldsmith & Jimmy McGhie
- Greg Davies, Steve Hall and Marek Larwood (We Are Klang. Dickparty: A Retrospective)
- Tom Stade (Setlist)
- Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis (Punt & Dennis, Stuff and Nonsense)
- Zoe Lyons (Fight or Flight)
- Zach Galifianakis (Zach Galifianakis aka Baklava Rodriguez)
Comedy Gala 2007
Charity gala in aid of Waverley Care (some background info on this post) this fund raiser was on August 21st at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Starting at 7.30pm with a £20 ticket (£19 concession) it was advertised as being a 3-hour show, hosted by Alan Carr and starring:
- Rich Hall
- Jimmy Carr
- Phill Jupitus
- Adam Hills
- Michael McIntyre
- Shappi Khorsandi
- Jason Wood
The Comedy Zone
This year’s Comedy Zone (a stand-up showcase) at the Pleasance Courtyard was advertised as starring:
- Barry Dodds
- Carl Donnelly
- John Robins
- Joe Wilkinson
Page 44 has a picture of the 4 of them – odd to see Joe with short hair.
Too Big for Edinburgh?
Last year saw the first whisperings of Fringe “purists” asking if such as Jerry Sadowitz should be used to advertise the fringe instead of a big name, such as Jimmy Carr.
Sadowitz is usually talked about in reverent terms but, as he doesn’t do any TV or post online, his audience pool is small – and his comedy is even more polarising than Jimmy’s. In 2022 Sadowitz’s Edinburgh run was cancelled, AFTER he’d completed his first 75 minute gig at the Pleasance (a venue he’d appeared at since the 1980s). The audience didn’t complain – it was (allegedly) a staff member.
I digress.
The Guardian ran a piece on whether the Fringe was becoming too commercial and whether big name, stand-up comedians are drowning out “pioneering art”. I would argue that the draw of big names gets new customers up to Edinburgh and that means that smaller shows might get the spill off. Shecky makes a good argument for this rebuttal.
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