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Sunday, March 23, 2025

Comedian Katherine Ryan reveals second skin cancer diagnosis by Rachel Hall

Standup, 41, says she was initially given all-clear by private doctor after raising concerns about a mole The comedian Katherine Ryan has received a second skin cancer diagnosis after raisin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM

Friday, May 31, 2024

David Baddiel: trauma passed on from Holocaust is why I do comedy by Rachel Hall

Promoting his book at Hay festival, comedian says his mother and grandparents’ flight from Nazi Germany affected later generations David Baddiel has said he makes comedy to process the int…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02PM

Monday, September 25, 2023

‘Quite a surprise’: Angela Rippon stuns viewers and experts with Strictly splits by Rachel Hall

The 78-year-old, the show’s oldest ever contestant, demonstrated advanced moves in the cha-cha-cha Whether you can do the splits is a favoured test of flexibility in the playground, but it…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55PM

Monday, August 29, 2022

Edinburgh fringe ticket sales suffer as price of accommodation soars by Rachel Hall

Venues say they expect sales to be 25% down on 2019 as visitors and artists alike priced out of attending Venues at the Edinburgh fringe say they are expecting a 25% decrease on ticket sales…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PM

Friday, August 12, 2022

‘Only broken people do that’: play explores dark heart of Ghislaine Maxwell by Rachel Hall

Ghislaine/Gabler looks at choices made by power-hungry women in a world built for men “Trash”, “disposable” and “pretty little fools” are the phrases a poised Ghislaine Maxwell u…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM

Friday, August 5, 2022

Edinburgh fringe performers pitch tents and caravans as rents in the city double by Rachel Hall

Comics say they are being priced out, with venue directors warning that future of the event is under threat Tony Law has been coming to the Edinburgh fringe to perform for 20 years, but he�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Derry Girls effect boosts Northern Irish talent at Edinburgh fringe by Rachel Hall

Record number of NI performers at this year’s festival, with C4 comedy hailed for raising awareness of nation’s comic gifts The biggest ever cohort of playwrights, comedians and artists …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM

Monday, August 1, 2022

‘I’ve come to say thank you’: big names return to support Edinburgh fringe by Rachel Hall

Comedians such as Omid Djalili and Rachel Parris are back after festival’s tough two years due to Covid When Omid Djalili first performed at the Edinburgh festival fringe in 1993, it was t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AM

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Hannah Walker: ‘Gambling addiction has nothing to do with someone’s character’ by Rachel Hall

When the performance artist realised her partner was hooked on gambling, it shook her world – and went on to inspire an ambitious new show Hannah Walker first noticed her partner liked to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Immersive show turns Middlemarch into 1980s murder mystery by Rachel Hall

Coventry audiences will take their own journeys through the production as 150th anniversary celebrated In a bustling auction house in Coventry warring bidders are raising their hands. Sudden…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM

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