Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten shows about sport
22/07/2023 … There doesn’t seem to be much of a crossover between sport and art at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2023 Archives
Sat 22 July 2023
© 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 21 July 2023
© Lee Jameson Comedy is lesbian AF now
Sophie Santos celebrates the boom in queer stand-up
21/07/2023 … As a queer person, I was lucky.
© Zachary DeBottis / Pexels Something new in the world of rap...
21/07/2023 … Tweets of the week You can now pay to get roasted in print by a professional rapper after your death.
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten disability themed shows
21/07/2023 … With stairs absolutely everywhere, Edinburgh is not the most accessible of cities for a major arts festival.
Comic's nude portrait to be well-hung
Country retreat buys image of Chris Cantrill immortalised in the buff
21/07/2023 … Visitors to an imposing Victorian country home will be greeted by this nude portrait of comedian Chris Cantrill.
Thu 20 July 2023
Trailer for Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose
Simon Pegg stars in a bizarre true(?) story
20/07/2023 … Here's the trailer for Simon Pegg's new film, Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose.