Tom Ward: Anthem
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Determined to be both an iconoclast and a man of the people, Tom Ward appears doomed to failure – but has a bloody good go at reconciling these…
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Wed 17 August 2022
Shannon Matthews: The Musical
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Making a musical about Shannon Matthews – the nine-year-old girl whose 2008 kidnap was orchestrated by her mother Karen in a bid to make money –…
Sam See: Government-Approved Sex
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Being forced to ply his trade in a small attic room of The Counting House is no impediment to Sam See, who brings the full force of his charm and charisma to every…
Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Andy Field has no issue with those who have called him immature and puerile.
Crybabies: Bagbeard
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Bearing an unfashionable standard for white boys doing sketch comedy, the Crybabies earned themselves a best newcomer nomination at the last Fringe with Danger Brigade,…
Andrew O'Neill: We Are Not In The Least Afraid Of Ruins; We Carry A New World In Our Hearts
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Andrew O’Neill is not generally a fan of binaries, particularly when defining gender – but even this impassioned comic can’t help but divide the…
Chris Cantrill: The Bad Boy
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Half of Yorkshire’s greatest export, The Delightful Sausage, Chris Cantrill is, like his meat-mate Amy Gledhill, bringing a solo show to the Fringe in a different…
Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … I had hoped that the story of being one of the very few outsiders to cross North Korea’s tightly controlled borders might have been more interesting than this.