Derek Mitchell at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Performing an extract from his Edinburgh show
02/08/2024 … Here's Derek Mitchell performing an extract from one of his Edinburgh show at Chortle’s Fast Fringe gig in London.
Fri 02 August 2024
I wouldn't do my old act in today's woke climate, says Frank Skinner
But comic welcomes the fact he's evolved
02/08/2024 … Frank Skinner says he wouldn’t get away with the jokes he used to crack in the 1990s today.
'Being a single mother was not a struggle'
Comedian also talks about freezing eggs, Shania Twain and podcasting
02/08/2024 … Katherine Ryan has spoken about how being a single mother was not a struggle for her, calling it a ‘wonderful decade’.
Thu 01 August 2024
Josephine Lacey: Autism Mama
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
01/08/2024 … Is this a tender and touching account of what it’s like to be the mother of a severely autistic child at the most challenging time of their development –…
Dr Jo Prendergast: The Cool Mum
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
01/08/2024 … Flying in the face of the trad wife movement, Dr Jo Prendergast champions herself as The Cool Mum, the latest in a long line of charlatan self-help svengalis gracing…
Audiences deserve more than a sweaty comedian forced to change in a disabled toilet
Aaron Twitchen on the best and worst of the Fringe
01/08/2024 … Aaron Twitchen is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his stand-up show Himbo, which is on at Gilded Balloon Patter House at 7pm.
John Meagher: Big Year
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
01/08/2024 … Aspiring to be a storytelling comedian in the relaxed style of Dave Allen, Northern Irish comic John Meagher has some uniquely fascinating anecdotes to share.
How I stopped bullying myself on stage and started loving comedy again
Comedy isn't therapy, says Hannah Platt, and it was damaging to think it was
01/08/2024 … It was like something from a sitcom.