Leila Navabi: Composition
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … Some of the most fascinating comics have spent their lives dealing with the kind of shit most of us will never truly appreciate.
2023 Archives
Mon 14 August 2023
Elf and Duffy: Heist
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … This is a fun, artistic experiment from the ever-creative Elf Lyons and her collaborator Duffy – as well as bringing a touch of much-needed extra accessibility…
Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … With the deliberately ambiguous I Can Make Me Rich – whose benefit is this for, us or his? - Stanley Brooks is a broad yet adaptable spoof of the financial…
© Alexis Dubus Having a blast backstage...
Darren Walsh on the best and the worst of the Fringe
14/08/2023 … Darren Walsh starts his Edinburgh Fringe run tomorrow, with his wordplay-heavy show 3rd Rock From The Pun running at 1.
Jonny Pelham: Optimism Over Despair
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … Stand-ups are always lauding comedy as a way to confront dark issues, with large sections of this festival based on comedians processing their trauma through laughs…
New book podcast from Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd
14/08/2023 … Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd are launching a book-club podcast aimed at 'lonely outsiders' In Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club - which…
Daniel Foxx: Villain
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … Daniel Foxx is part of a sea change at this year’s festival, a clutch of comics making their debuts having built their audiences via social media rather than…
Ike Ufomadu: How it started, how it's going
Visiting American comic gives us a status report on his first Fringe
14/08/2023 … We asked some Edinburgh Fringe debutants about their expectations of the festival before it kicked off.