Creepy Boys
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … The Creepy Boys introduce themselves by way of a jaunty old-school vaudevillian number:’ Hooray for the Creepy Boys! Make way for the Creepy Boys!’ Though…
2023 Archives
Thu 17 August 2023
The Listies Make Some Noise
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … Anyone who thinks it’s easier to make children laugh than adults has never sat with a child through a full show, willing them to be grateful for the experience.
Michael Parkinson's best interviews with comedians
As legendary chat show host dies at 88
17/08/2023 … Michael Parkinson, the chat show host who did so much to launch and promote comedians – most notably giving Billy Connolly his big break – has died at…
Sam Campbell. Bulletproof Ten
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … Waggish prankster Sam Campbell returned to the Fringe 12 months after scooping the Edinburgh Comedy Award in the most Sam Campbelly way possible – a single…
Omid Djalili: Gunmen once shot at me
...but comic said he couldn't report it for fear of reprisals
17/08/2023 … Omid Djalili has revealed he was shot at in his student days, in what he suggested was a racist attack.
Professor Marina Von Flip Flop talks fish...
Charlie Vero-Martin at Chortle's Fast Fringe
17/08/2023 … Here's character comedian Charlie Vero-Martin teaching the Fast Fringe something about fish in the guise of Professor Marina Von Flip Flop.
Wed 16 August 2023
Eric Rushton: Not That Deep
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2023 … Just days before the Fringe kicked off, Eric Rushton won the first Sean Lock Comedy Award given out by Channel 4, making comparisons with the late star hard to avoid,…
Dominique Salerno: The Box Show
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2023 … After a week at the Fringe seeing eight shows a day, sometimes a little gimmick can be just the ticket, and American comedian Dominique Salerno’s one-woman…