A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … Laser Webber had one of the best show titles at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, inspired by Samuel Bundy, one of the first recorded trans men in UK history.
2023 Archives
Mon 28 August 2023
Influencers who are paid by oil companies
From Giants comedian Will Hislop
28/08/2023 … Big oil and gas companies are paying millions to influencers on social media to ‘greenwash’ their reputations to…
Richard Stott: Dear Lord... What A Sad Little Life
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … For the uninitiated, the title of Richard Stott’s fourth Edinburgh show comes from a sore loser on Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me, lashing out at the…
Egg: Absolutely Fine
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … It’s been five years since Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini were last at the Fringe, and absolutely nothing has changed… Well, Emily became…
Louise Young: Feral
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … Louise Young has a past that could euphemistically be described as ‘colourful’ – though her wayward youth could also be cast as self-medicating…
Ignacio Lopez: Nine Ig Fails
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … An hour-long version of Ignacio Lopez's upcoming 90-minute touring show, Nine Ig Fails is written like it's a landmark chapter in his career.
Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … Heidi Regan promises her audiences 'a very silly show – you’re not going to learn anything and probably not going to feel anything’.
Patrick Monahan: Exclusively
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2023 … Blurring the boundaries between a gig and a gathering, it almost goes without saying that Patrick Monahan's final show of the Fringe is a sentimental, overrunning…