Sunday, September 8, 2024
Hackney Empire, LondonThe pre-eminent comic political polemicist of our time rants as much as ever, but with added introspection
What’s the point of making comedy that reminds everyone how…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMTuesday, August 27, 2024
Why Am I So Single sets dating angst to music; more Hollywood stars hit the West End; and a Brummie dance trilogy reaches its finale Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMMonday, August 26, 2024
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Scottish standup retains his bouncy charm in a show that parallels his recent autism diagnosis with the story of his grandmother’s descent into Alzheimer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMSunday, August 25, 2024
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe fringe veteran unpacks his idiosyncratic childhood in a vividly realised show about class, family and neurodiversity
Colin Hoult has been performing at the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMPleasance Dome, EdinburghThe improv star showcases all his charm and skill playing a delusional actor who keeps pausing his show to record self-tapes for superior productions elsewhere
Few f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMSaturday, August 24, 2024
The festival’s top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household name
So Amy Gledhill has won the Edinburgh comedy awar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, August 23, 2024
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup delivers another intelligent and compelling hour, exploring sport, gender, trolls and her schooling
When Chloe Petts got a regular Saturday morning …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMAssembly George Square, EdinburghThe mesmerising Australian comic’s song-laced, sassy and polemical set is a clarion call for queer expression
Highest star wattage on the Edinburgh fringe?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMMonkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh This show about body image doesn’t always hold its focus, but Gledhill has a winning mix of northern mockery and good cheer
‘I’ve had some good news, I�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMThursday, August 22, 2024
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBeyond its larky interactive stunts and impersonations, the standup’s restart-the-show gimmick coheres into an affecting personal story of redemption
The Firs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMWednesday, August 21, 2024
Sketch duo Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill’s solo shows have both been nominated for the fringe’s top prize, alongside acts including LA clown Natalie Palamides
For the first time in its…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Part-clown, part-mime and part overgrown child, Lyons leads us through mythic history to reconnect with a lost world of imagination
In comedy terms, Elf Lyons …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:02PMMonkey 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 09:18AMTuesday, August 20, 2024
Pleasance 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
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMMonday, August 19, 2024
Monkey 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 08:36AMSunday, August 18, 2024
Pleasance 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 01:00AMSaturday, August 17, 2024
Pleasance 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 04:00AMFriday, August 16, 2024
Pleasance 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 04:45PMThursday, August 15, 2024
Monkey 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 01:00AMTuesday, August 13, 2024
Pleasance 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 04:10AMMonday, August 12, 2024
Pleasance 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
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM 
