© Ila Desai/I Was There Photography You can absolutely do both, says comic Marc Burrows
27/08/2024 … The English author and satirist GK Chesterton once wrote a lengthy defence of the humour in his work, arguing that ‘funny is the opposite of not funny, and…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … How many reasons do you need to hate Henry Rowley? Young, posh and good-looking – so of course he’s been sycophantically profiled by toffs’ bible…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Isobel Rogers demonstrates she can go deeper than many other comedy singer-songwriters when her opening song about self-care dares to raise the distinction between…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … He may have just been nominated for best newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, but a straw poll of Jack Skipper’s audience reveals that most people are…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … It’s great to see a comedian display a talent beyond stand-up, and Madame Chandelier shows off her impressive operatic singing from the get-go, taking to the…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Ukrainian comedian Dima Watermelon likens my presence to review his show in the dying days of the Fringe to Britain’s military aid to his homeland –…
Festival chief's warning despite 2.6m ticket sales
26/08/2024 … Edinburgh Fringe boss Shona McCarthy has warned that the festival should not be taken for granted as it was announced that around 2.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Last year, Mark Thomas won plaudits for starring in England And Son, a play written specially for him.
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