Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … What a glorious lunchtime hoot this show is, with never a dip nor laboured moment in an hour that rackets along.
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Mon 14 August 2023
Lucas O'Neil: Emotional Man
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2023 … This feels like the year that American comedy has fully embraced the British-style solo show, with themes, messages and storytelling as important as the jokes –…
Sun 13 August 2023
Ian Smith: Crushing
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2023 … Midway through this performance, Ian Smith builds up to a rare moment of (limited) vulnerability when he’s heckled by the wheezing and clanking of the ancient…
Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2023 … For their charming debut hour Sportsperson, Cerys Bradley was apparently criticised in some circles for not being mean enough to the audience.
John Hastings: The Times They Are A John Hastings
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2023 … Straight-up stand-up done like it should be, John Hastings’ latest hour comes with no more significant message or theme beyond: ‘Here are the times I…
John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2023 … Easily among the most exciting Fringe debutants of this year, John Tothill arrives with a beautifully sculpted, fully-formed stage persona in which every unusual…
Matty Hutson: Don\'t Hold Back
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2023 … Gentle musical comedian Matty Hutson has very much not heeded the advice of his ironic title.
Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
13/08/2023 … Painstakingly crafted and brilliantly performed, Rosalie Minnitt's character comedy debut is so much more than it first appears, with the laughs escalating…