From bowel cancer to Parkinson's and dementia, the Edinburgh fringe is full of jokes about serious illness. What's in it for the comedians " and their audiences? Standup comedy must have been the furthest thing from Sarah Mills' mind as she awaited some ominous test results in 2018. The diagnosis was life-altering: stage three bowel cancer, caught just in time, if also three years late. But then the comedy kicked bac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM on August 17, 2022