Fern Brady at Latitude 2022
Review from the Suffolk festival
23/07/2023 … Fern Brady knows she comes across as rude and cynical, which she ascribes to her autism (as discussed in her excellent and revealing memoir Strong Female…
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Sun 23 July 2023
© Stuart Hogben Michelle De Swarte at Latitude 2023
Review from the Suffolk festival
23/07/2023 … Michelle De Swarte has an easy confidence and an open, conversational style that charms.
© Stuart Hogben Jordan Gray at Latitude 2023
Review from the Suffolk festival
23/07/2023 … She attracted 1,500 complaints for stripping naked in a career-defining appearance on Friday Night Live – but at Latitude, Jordan Gray proved she can be entertaining…
Sat 22 July 2023
© Stuart Hogben Ed Gamble at Latitude 2023
With Amy Gledhill providing the perfect lead-in
22/07/2023 … Ed Gamble got a lovely lead-in to his Friday night headline set at Latitude, courtesy of the bubbly, confessional set by Amy Gledhill - embracing silliness to the…
© Stuart Hogben Rachel Parris at Latitude 2023
Review from the Suffolk festival
22/07/2023 … Was becoming a political comedian ever part of Rachel Parris’s plan? The musical comedian found herself in the satirical realm thanks to Late Night Mash and…
© Stuart Hogben Russell Kane at Latitude 2023
Review from the Suffolk festival
22/07/2023 … Offering an astute analysis of the British psyche, Russell Kane comments on our ‘all or nothing’ attitude: emotionally repressed then getting roaring…
Fri 14 July 2023
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023 final
Review of ten frontrunners from the next generation of comedy talent
14/07/2023 … The 19 years of the Chortle Student Comedy Award have - like the wider stand-up world – witnessed many trends.
Wed 12 July 2023
Conner O’Malley: Research and Development Comedy,
Review of comic's show about an AI stand-up bot
12/07/2023 … American comedian and YouTuber Conner O’Malley has produced something of a Trojan Horse with Research and Development Comedy, a parody about a tech innovator…