Comedy now values confessions as much as punchlines
...and that's great, says Sam Morrison
08/08/2019 … Last year, Netflix released The Comedy Lineup featuring 12 of the most interesting and unique up-and-comers doing 15 minutes.
2019 Archives
Thu 08 August 2019
Catherine Cohen: The Twist...? She's Gorgeous
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
08/08/2019 … The illusion of glamour and the gnawing anxieties that all the sparkle in the world cannot conceal collide in Catherine Cohen’s compelling car-crash cabaret.
Clive Anderson: Me, Macbeth and I
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
08/08/2019 … Most comedians are supposed to harbour a hankering to play Hamlet.
Have you ever been inside a police car?
Another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions
08/08/2019 … Does the Ghostbusters ride at a theme park count? If so, yes.
Susie McCabe: Domestic Disaster
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
08/08/2019 … For a woman whose 16-year relationship just ended, Susie McCabe’s looking surprisingly chipper.
'Clearly by choosing to be disabled, I have taken the easy way out'
Lost Voice Guy recalls his most memorable gigs
08/08/2019 … First gig My first gig was in Sunderland, which was an experience in itself.
Foxdog Studios: Tomorrow's Office
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
08/08/2019 … Foxdog Studios are the Kraftwerk of comedy, known for their high-tech experimentation as much as anything.
David McIver: Teleport
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jack Boyles
08/08/2019 … As a gamer (more than 2,000 titles in my collection, baby!) I’m in the core demographic for Teleport, David McIver’s show set in a fabricated MMORPG,…