Raymond Mearns suffers a stroke
Comedian cancels his Edinburgh Fringe run
08/08/2023 … Raymond Mearns has suffered a stroke but says he ‘will be okay’.
2023 Archives
Tue 08 August 2023
Mon 07 August 2023
Nanette made me realise that a show doesn’t have to be an hour of just jokes
Tatty MacLeod shares her comedy favourites
07/08/2023 … French/English bilingual stand-up Tatty MacLeod is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing her (English!) show Fugue at The Monkey Barrel 4 at 2.
Ted Hill: Tries and Fails to Fix Climate Change
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … Ever thought some climate change protesters may be more about virtue signalling and burnishing their ego than solving humanity’s biggest crisis? Well, self-appointed…
Why I really didn't want my dad at my comedy show
I want him to be proud, says Nalini Sharma, I just don't want him to see my boobs
07/08/2023 … If there is one piece of unsolicited advice I can offer the comedy community is this: try not to post invites to your show publicly where your father will find them.
Frank Skinner: 30 Years Of Dirt
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … Sorry to bring bad news to anyone who has tickets for Frank Skinner’s sold-out Fringe run, but I have to report that, at 66 and a full 32 years after scooping…
It's so expensive, I think this will be my last Fringe for a long time
Bilal Zafar shares the best and the worst of Edinburgh
07/08/2023 … Bilal Zafar is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with his stand-up show Imposter on at Underbelly Bristo Square at 3.
Alison Spittle: Soup
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … Little wonder that mental health is such a popular subject for Fringe comedy, given the intensely personal nature of stand-up.
Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … There is one particular moment of surprise stupidity in Lorna Rose Treen’s debut hour guaranteed to have you laughing for its sheer ‘WTF just happened?’…