Ben Van der Velde: Fablemaker
Edinburgh Fringe review by Alex Bruce
03/08/2019 … Ben Van Der Velde spins many crowd work plates in Fablemaker, seeking a patchwork narrative in a one-man improv show entirely comprising audience interaction.
2019 Archives
Sat 03 August 2019
Am I still mentally ill or do I not understand what it is to be healed?
Eric Lampaert on whether the Fringe will help him with his problems
03/08/2019 … Like many performers, I subconsciously stepped onto the stage seeking a love that could potentially replace the kind I lacked in previous years.
'Growing up, there was nobody on TV who looked like me'
Rosie Jones talks about her cerebral palsy and how she got into comedy
03/08/2019 … Comedian Rosie Jones has said that she only rarely felt sad about growing up with cerebral palsy – and even counted herself ‘lucky’ she wasn’t…
John Robins: I'd be dead if they had online gambling when I was a teen
Comic speaks up about his addiction
03/08/2019 … John Robins has spoken about his teenage addiction to fruit machines – saying that he could have been driven to suicide had he had access to online gambling…
Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
03/08/2019 … Put it down to her storytelling skills, or put it down to the prominent place that no-nonsense Italian-American New Yorkers already have in popular culture,…
Which is the sexiest TV puppet?
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions
03/08/2019 … ALF by a gigantic margin.
Sketch You Up!
Edinburgh Fringe review by Alex Bruce
03/08/2019 … Four strong performers offer an energetic hour that’s far more convincing than so many sketch offerings.
'We were hoping a relative would die so we could pull the show'
Goose's Ben Rowse recalls his most memorable gigs
03/08/2019 … First gig The first gig we ever did was an hour long.