2023 Archives

Sat 26 August 2023

Old MacDonald had a theramin...

26/08/2023 … Tweets of the week Today in Edinburgh has been like that Crowded House song "Four Seasons in One Day", by which I mean: shit.

Fri 25 August 2023

The Comedy Arcade

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

25/08/2023 … Hosted by Vix Leyton, The Comedy Arcade is a competition of scandalous stories, with new comics each night vying for the win.

Al Porter: A Work in Progress

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

25/08/2023 … It’s a running joke how much we hear from supposedly cancelled comedians, and now in a converted church hall away from the main Fringe hubs, Irish comic Al…

The Graham Linehan episode has proved that Comedy Unleashed are just as mediocre as the stand-up mainstream

Will Franken yearns for a real alternative to the careerists

25/08/2023 … For seven years running, I have not performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

25/08/2023 … If anyone can explain why Scottish Bard Rabbie Burns would have got a kick out of Top Man’s changing rooms, it’s Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, who also…

Stella Graham – Dragon

Edinburgh Fringe comedy review

25/08/2023 … Having hit her early 40s, Stella Graham worries that she's turning into her mother, the 'dragon' of her show title, an intimidating, indomitable woman…