Tom Stade: Risky Business
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … That the generations are destined never to understand each other is a comedy staple, yet Tom Stade strikes gold with his playfully exaggerated potshots across the…
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Fri 23 August 2024
© Steve Ullathorne So You Think You’re Funny? Final 2024
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … At a time when some ‘new’ act competitions are open to stand-ups five years into their career, So You Think You Funny? seeks out the newest of the new,…
© Elliot Minogue-Stone Ian Stone Is Keeping It Together
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … There are several comics who have been on the circuit for such a long time that they’re in danger of being taken for granted.
Nic Sampson: Yellow Power Ranger
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … Kiwi comedian Nic Sampson really did play Chip Thorn, the Yellow Power Ranger, in the 14th series of the franchise 18 years ago, and this clever, funny delight imagines…
Lou Taylor: Jeans And A Nice Top
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … God, why is that title so funny; I can’t think about it without laughing a little bit, much less see the poster.
Jake Baker: Rule Breaker!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … How to do a stand-up about being cautious and unexciting, without that also being the mood of the show? That’s a dilemma Jake Baker hasn’t been able…
Ryan Cullen: Cullen in the Name Of!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … The perennial challenge for even the most accomplished one-liner comic is how to vary the rhythm and tone of a whole hour of gags, lest the tried and tested setup-punchline…
Elaine Robertson: Delulu
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … An authentically open-hearted comedian so optimistic she even thought her home town of Consett, County Durham, was the bees’ knees, Elaine Robertson sparkles…