The 2010 Edinburgh Fringe ran from August 6th to the 30th and Jimmy took his Laughter Therapy tour there, for his 9th solo show. His Rapier Wit tour had ended earlier that year and had sold over 300,000 tickets.
Making his customary appearance at the EICC Venue 150 he appeared for 8 nights (21st and 22nd / 24th to 29th). Shows started at 21.30 and lasted 75minutes. Tickets were £16.
Written and performed by: Jimmy Carr
His Edinburgh show blurbs said:
If you have a sick sense of humour maybe laughter is the best medicine. Not to be taken if you have a sensitive disposition. Recommended dose: one new show to be taken annually (I said annually)
Or this version:
If you have a sick sense of humour maybe laughter is the best medicine. “Laughter Therapy” is Jimmy’s 9th solo show. It’ll be an evening of none stop jokes, gags and banter. Since the turn of the century Jimmy has been a “fun slinger” of international repute. Not to be taken if you have a sensitive disposition or an overactive moral compass. Recommended dose: one brand new show to be taken annually (I said annually)
Note: Over 16s only. Adult themes, strong language
Posters advertised that his Making People Laugh DVD would be released in Nov.
On his 8th night (29th) he recorded this interview backstage. I’m always fascinate by how calm he is.
The 2010 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.
- Adam Hills (Mess Around)
- Mark Watson (Do I Know You?)
- Adam Riches (Adam Riches Rides!)
- Al Murray (The Pub Landlord’s Compete for the Meat)
- Alex Horne (Odds)
- Alex Horne (The Taskmaster)
- Alfie Brown and Ivo Graham
- Tiffany Stevenson (Dictators)
- Janey Godley (The Godley Hour)
- Alun Cochrane (Jokes. Life. And Jokes About Life)
- Andrew Lawrence (The Too Ugly for Television Tour 2010)
- Andrew Maxwell (Five Nights Only!)
- Stewart Lee (For One Night Only Stewart Lee’s Silver Stewbilee. A one off spectacular featuring special guests)
- Bridget Christie (a ANT)
- Stewart Lee (Vegetable Stew)
- Alex Zane (Just One More Thing)
- Ardal O’Hanlon
- Paul Foot, directed by Noel Fielding
- Shappi Khorsandi (The Moon on a Stick)
- Richard Herring (Christ On a Bike: The Second Coming)
- Joel Dommett and Eric Lampaert (Dommett and Lampaert)
- Chris Addison
- Danny Bhoy (By Royal Disappointment)
- Nina Conti (Talk to the Hand)
- Chris McCausland (Emotional Retard)
- Chris Ramsey (Aggrophobic)
- Andrew Collins and Richard Herring (Collins and Herring Podcast live)
- Andy Zaltzman (Political Animal)
- Tommy Tiernan (Crooked Man)
- Idiots of Ants (The Red Button)
- Susan Calman (Constantly Seeking Susan Calman)
- Susan Calman (Susan Calman Chats Up…)
- Daniel Sloss (My Generation)
- David O’Doherty (Somewhere Over the David O’Doherty)
- Doc Brown (Unfamous)
- Emo Philips (Please Witness My Act)
- Gary Delaney (Purist)
- Matt Forde (Fordy’s Lock-in)
- Fred MacAulay (Live Stand-Up)
- Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford & Dan Atkinson (GIT)
- Greg Davies (Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog)
- Gyles Brandreth (The One to One Show)
- Hannah Gadsby (The Cliff Young Shuffle)
- Henning Wehn (My Struggle)
- The Horne Section
- Sam Simmons and David Quirk (The Incident)
- Tom Allen (Toughens Up!)
- Jack Whitehall (Learning Difficulties)
- Jason Byrne (Jason Byrne 2010)
- Jason Manford (I’m Turning Into My Dad)
- Jimmy Carr (Laughter Therapy)
- Jim Jefferies (Alcoholocaust)
- John Bishop (Sunshine)
- Joe Lycett and Andrew Ryan (An Hour of Humour)
- John Robins (Nomadic Revery)
- Jon Richardson (Don’t Happy, Be Worry)
- Josie Long (Be Honourable!)
- Josie Long (Josie Long’s Monsters of Whimsy)
- Sara Pascoe (Sara Pascoe vs Her Ego)
- Lee Nelson (Lee Nelson’s Well Good Edinbra show)
- Seann Walsh (I’d Happily Punch Myself in the Face)
- Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan (Two Episodes of Mash)
- John Cooper Clarke
- Stuart Goldsmith (The Reasonable Man)
- Miles Jupp (Fibber in the Heat – A Cricket Tale)
- Andrew Maxwell (Maxwell’s Fullmooners)
- Micky Flanagan
- Roisin Conaty (Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar)
- Mike Wozniak (Egg and Spoon)
- Andy Zaltzman (Swears to Tell the Truth, Half the Truth and Everything But the Truth)
- Nick Helm (Keep Hold of the Gold)
- Paul Chowdhry (Paul Chowdhry is not PC)
- Nick Mohammed (Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow)
- Paul Foot (Ash in the Attic)
- Paul Merton (Paul Merton’s Impro Chums)
- Shazia Mirza (Multiple Choice)
- Reginald D Hunter (Trophy N***a)
- Sarah Millican (Chatterbox)
- Rhod Gilbert (Rhod Gilbert and the Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst)
- Stephen K Amos (The Best Medicine)
- Robin Ince and Michael Legge (Pointless Anger, Righteous Ire)
- Robin Ince (Robin Ince Asks Why) – FREE
- Robin Ince (Carl Sagan Is Still My God) – FREE
- Tim Vine (The Joke-Amotive)
- Tim Vine (The Tim Vine Chat Show)
- Sean Hughes (Ducks and Other Mistakes I’ve Made)
- Russell Kane (Smokescreens and Castles)
- Sam Simmons (Fail)
- Sean Lock (Lockipedia)
- The Comedy Zone showcase – Ivo Graham, Naz Osmanoglu, Davey See and Josh Widdicombe
- Tommy Tiernan (Crooked Man)
- David Mitchell (The Unbelievable Truth – BBC Radio 4 show recording)
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