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 –…
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Wed 17 August 2022
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.
Tue 16 August 2022
Josie Long: Re-Enchantment
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … Josie Long embraced lockdown as a chance to spend more time with her young daughters and to masquerade as a mob boss.