Nick Helm: What Have We Become?
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … Once a thrilling, all-consuming parody of how showbusiness excess masks desperate insecurity, Nick Helm’s shows have become increasingly intimate and personal,…
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Fri 19 August 2022
Lily Phillips: Smut
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … On her way to the stage, Lily Phillips spots two latecomers she identifies as possible disrupters, and a perfectly judged opening line sets the tone for her…
© Mindy Tucker Emmy Blotnick: The 30 Fragrances of Jennifer Lopez - A Show About Death, Betrayal and Financial Ruin
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … Surely only a comedian desperately short of ideas would contrive to sample all 30 fragrances Jennifer Lopez has released over her career and call it a show.
Foil Arms and Hog: Hogwash
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … Can you still be considered a cult act when you’ve had a billion online views? Sean Finegan (Foil), Conor McKenna (Arms) and Sean Flanagan…
Lara Ricote: GRL LATNX DEF
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … She’s cheerful, winsome and speaks with the sweet cartoon-like voice of one of the cuter Muppets – all of which are likely to make you underestimate…
Ivo Graham: My Future, My Clutter
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … A lot has happened in Ivo Graham’s life since 2019, and his retelling of the highs and lows reap rich rewards in this consistently funny, warm-hearted…
Joz Norris: Blink
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2022 … Joz Norris is no longer a silly comedian, he portentously tells us, but the greatest magician of all time, a master of the dark arts who has perfected a trick of…
Thu 18 August 2022
The Delightful Sausage: Nowt But Sea
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
18/08/2022 … It has all the right trappings – plot, props, visuals and more – but Nowt But Sea feels less like a formal show and more like just what besties Amy Gledhill…