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2023 Archives
Wed 02 August 2023
Lachlan Werner at Chortle's Fast Fringe
With his sidekick Brew, the witch
02/08/2023 … Here's 'Prince of puppets' Lachlan Werner as his witch sidekick, Brew, ahead of their Edinburgh Fringe debut.
Sex worker turned comic Bella Green dies at 38
Friends launch crowdfunder for Aussie stand-up's funeral
02/08/2023 … Australian sex worker turned stand-up comedian Bella Green has died aged 38.
Tue 01 August 2023
The I-Spy guide to Edinburgh's tribes
Isabelle Farah offers a field guide to the Fringe cliques
01/08/2023 … Ah, the foot is on the pedal for the Edinburgh Fringe bandwagon, with its merry troupe of funny people aboard! But this family is a dysfunctional one: the…
I wish Benny Hill received the credit he deserves
Ashley Blaker picks his comedy favourties
01/08/2023 … Ashley Blaker is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing Normal Schmormal, his stand-up show about the joys of raising children with special needs, at Underbelly…
This year the festival may become so artistic we do comedy to no one
John Hastings on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
01/08/2023 … John Hastings is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his stand-up show The Times They Are A John Hastings, which started last night at Monkey Barrel 2 at 8.
Worst cases scenario...
Now a second Fringe comic hit by airline losing their luggage
01/08/2023 … Smack the Pony star Fiona Allen has become the second comic to arrive in Edinburgh for the Fringe without her luggage.
© Hugo Glendinning The Crown Jewels
Review of Al Murray, Mel Giedroyc and more in Restoration-style farce
01/08/2023 … Veteran comedy writer Simon Nye, creator of Men Behaving Badly, has followed the standard character arc for men of a certain age and has gotten really into history,…