Trailer for Ali G: Who Iz I?
25/08/2026 … Here is the first trailer for Ali G: Who Iz I? Sacha Baron Cohen’s character returns to cinemas on October 23 with the film, which also marks its star’s…
2026 Archives
Tue 25 August 2026
Shane Torres: Skinned Knees
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2026 … Shane Torres brings a strong sense of place to Skinned Knees, both geographically and socio-economically.
Tilly Fletcher: Television
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2026 … At a time when television's stock as a showcase for comedy is in marked decline, character comic Tilly Fletcher is evidence of the medium's enduring cultural…
Mates Rates – The Golden Age Begins
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2026 … Barrelling on to an extremely tuneless rewrite of The Final Countdown comes Mates Rates, an Aussie social media sketch trio bringing their work to the Fringe for…
Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2026 … The set for Olga Koch’s Fat Tom Cruise is clinical – almost sterile.
Abby Govindan: Pushing 30
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2026 … It feels like she should be playing a bigger, fuller room, but in every other respect Abby Govindan is everything you would anticipate from a comedian who made the…
Crudi Dench wins working-class Fringe award
25/08/2026 … Drag comedian Crudi Dench has won an award for the best show from an artist with a low-income background at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Friz Frizzle: A Certain Appeal
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2026 … As disastrous starts to the Fringe go, Friz Frizzle took the biscuit, going blind just days before their first performance when their one good eye failed.