Late Night with Terry Wogan
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2024 … If you’re spending most of your Fringe seeing polished, machine-tooled shows that are being buffed up for touring or a run at the Soho Theatre, it’s…
2024 Archives
Sun 25 August 2024
My Last Two Brain Cells
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2024 … A sort of knockabout, two-hander version of the Numskulls, for those familiar with the enduring children's comic strip, My Last Two Brain Cells aspires to be…
Erika Ehler: I Got Some Dope Ass Memories With People That I'll Never F*ck With Again
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2024 … Erika Ehler has taken a step up in her sophomore show, clearing the thicket of the introductory material and further developing her cynical, bone-dry lens.
Meshida: My Japanese Perspective
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2024 … Given the extent to which Little Britain is now pilloried for its racially suspect sketches, it's ironic that Matt Lucas and David Walliams' show is the…
Ben Elton preps his new tour
25/08/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed – but a relatively muted week following the excesses…
Comics front Paralympics shows
The Last Leg, Foot Fault, I Am Darren and the best of the rest of the week's TV comedy
25/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 27 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING: Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena…
Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2024 … Even after 12 years on the circuit, Lauren Pattison retains visible traces of the anxiety that fuels most of her work.
Sat 24 August 2024
© Karla Gowlett Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings Of Life
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
24/08/2024 … As any experienced Fringe attendee knows, Monkey Barrel’s Hive venue was built on top of an ancient lake of primordial sick that’s still bubbling somewhere…