Alex Kitson: Must I Paint You A Picture?
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2024 … Alex Kitson has clearly been studying narrative techniques, as he pitches his whole debut around the reveal of his ‘biggest secret’– a moment that…
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Tue 13 August 2024
John Tothill: Thank God This Lasts Forever
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2024 … The foppish John Tothill is one of the most distinctive stand-up voices of his generation: louche, decadent and lazy, the requirements of everyday existence, like…
Chortle Student Comedy Award final 2024
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2024 … Here’s a sobering thought, at least for me: the youngest contestant in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award had not yet been born when we crowned…
Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2024 … The legendary sage of mime makes a welcome return to the Fringe here with a piece of work that really shows them how it’s done.
Brennan Reece: Me Me Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2024 … In Me Me Me, Brennan Reece makes a play of defying the conventions of the Fringe show.
Mon 12 August 2024
© Esme Buxton Chelsea Birkby: This Is Life, Cheeky Cheeky
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2024 … Chelsea Birkby’s sophomore show is a very charming hour that consciously approaches autobiographical topics with a simultaneous high and low approach, equally…
Carousel, by Ivo Graham
Edinburgh Fringe theatre review
12/08/2024 … ‘Talking doesn’t become theatre just because you put music underneath it,’ says Ivo Graham near the top of this piece, aware of the pitfalls and…
Runi Talwar as 'Runi Talwar' in Runi Talwar: The Runi Talwar Story
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2024 … It’s hard to believe this accomplished hour is Runi Talwar’s Fringe debut.