Monkey Barrel @ the Tron, EdinburghOne half of the Delightful Sausage duo undertakes an epic quest with his pals as he deals with middle age Twentysomethings, there is nothing here for you! …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup delivers bullet-proof set-pieces in a masterclass on threading emotional significance through joyful autobiography Last year, a late reveal recast A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMAssembly George Square, EdinburghNaomi Petersen and Graham Dickson complete the trio who weave a tangled web out of three words suggested by the audience Before she became a star via This Is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In this winning pastiche set at a gender reveal party, Doherty plays a monstrous estate agent battling occult forces Come to a show called Gay Witch Sex Cult, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMOne standup asks moral questions about her family’s post-Soviet wealth, the other uses a self-satisfied persona to survey his gilded lifestyle. Both strike comedy gold at Edinburgh fringe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMMonkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Mancunian’s sophomore fringe set, addressing his diagnosis of gout, is delivered with feral roars and fine one-liners In these days of intensely autobiog…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWith a seaside-postcard sensibility, the standup delivers racist and sexist material that jars with the spirit of the fringe As if we didn’t know to expect old-fashioned from Bobby Davro, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup weaves real-world experiences of racism with whimsy about angler fish and joining the yakuza There are few things more tedious, they say, than liste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSummerhall, Edinburgh Exploring coercive relationships, Laura Horton’s play features three middle-aged women in ‘snazzy cardigans’ performing a real-time maiden gig ‘This next song i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghGeorge Fouracres portrays the impresario as a haughty squire, while the comedy duo play keyboard and drums ‘Is this show a legal minefield? Yes it is. But on we go…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn what they bill as their farewell to the fringe, the sketch group address woke-phobic dads, the apocalypse and AI in typically rich and wild style A standup c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghTV success has only sharpened the Starstruck creator’s punches as she overshares about the indignities of dating, her fine gags closer to the bleeding edge th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Dressed as the publisher’s emblem, in orange flippers and not much else, the ingenious comic delivers a dizzy series of droll visual routines Some shows have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PMMonkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Massive Dad star riffs on the benefits of making comedy online, buoyed by arch good humour and high-quality gags within gags Stevie Martin’s show weighs …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Australian comedian’s rocky 2023 is explored in PowerPoint, SMS exchanges, rap, musical comedy and online videos The year 2023 was the worst of Lou Wall�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe irrepressible aesthete, and lapsed primary school teacher, underwent medical trials to fund this effervescent show – and has since been hospitalised There…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Witnessing 9/11 from school as a six-year-old is one of many mental distresses recounted in the New York comic’s often piercingly bleak set Whenever you thin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:10AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe American standup and sitcom writer delivers a show of ticklish suspense that somersaults with invention and surprise Not all comedy shows need weighty theme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10PMStandup Olga Koch, whose dad was once the deputy prime minister of Russia, is weighing in on the debate about class and wealth in the industry in an unusual way – by addressing it head-on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe straight-talking comic’s debut hour is cheerfully rude and glowing with maternal love, as she describes parenting a son with autism At a festival with 3,6…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AMOr What’s Left of Us by Sh!t Theatre is a playful and starkly profound hour in which the duo share their bereavements and stir reflections of our own When someone you love dies, the grief …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh Armed with spreadsheets and her usual playfulness, the comic attempts to evaluate the worth of her life so far Has autobiographical comedy reached its apotheo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMJust the Tonic at the Caves, EdinburghBrown engages in good faith with questions of guilt and remorse, while perceiving bad faith in his critics’ responses to an old routine that included …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52AMPleasance Courtyard , EdinburghMaking her fringe debut, the comic performs a droll, unsentimental and occasionally heart-stopping pas de deux with the critical voice in her head Hannah Platt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:27AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghRapunzel, Hansel and Gretel and a lot of toilet roll feature as the star Disney+ comedy Extraordinary explores wishes and their fulfilment All very well being part o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMPleasance @ EICC, Edinburgh There’s more Margolyes than Dickens here, but her gift for florid characters is on fine display and suits the Victorian master perfectly “Guaranteed to offend…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMA crowing flash-in-the-pan PM and Jimmy Carr’s life lessons from the Oompa Loompas A tale of two powerful women as the Edinburgh fringe enters its opening week. Nica Burns is a West End pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39AMTraverse, EdinburghPlaying both partners in a sordid three-year relationship, the bold LA clown delivers another unforgettable show Few fringe trajectories have been as joyful to trace these…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08AMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Bebe Cave dazzles in a slightly overstuffed monologue about fame, sexism and power in Tinseltown ‘A person waiting to be asked to pretend to be a person.” …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMAssembly George Square, EdinburghShe was chewed up and spat out by the US, but now the TikTok sensation gets to tell her story in this slick production With her TikTok series a smash during …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:45AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Texan comedian delivers a playful show about a holiday from hell that tackles mental health and wokeness It is rare for an act to firmly establish themselve…
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