Sun 11 August 2019
Tom Rosenthal: Manhood
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
11/08/2019 … Tom Rosenthal apologises if he’s misused people’s affection for the sitcoms he’s in to bait them into coming to what’s effectively a TED…
Sunil Patel: White Knight
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jack Boyles
11/08/2019 … There’s no grand entrance for Sunil Patel.
Heckled by editing
Tom Ballard recalls his most memorable gigs
11/08/2019 … Best heckle I watched back a TV stand-up spot and saw that after one of my punchlines, they cut to a shot of a man in the crowd checking his watch.
Julius ‘Call Me Caesar’ Caesar
Edinburgh Fringe review by Julia Chamberlain
11/08/2019 … This is quite fabulous: Andrew Maxwell displaying his acting chops in Owen McCafferty’s excellent re-imagining of Julius Caesar.
Ian Smith: Half-Life
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
11/08/2019 … Ian Smith was into the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl long before Sky Atlantic made it fashionable.
Maisie Adam at Fast Fringe
Extract from her Edinburgh show
11/08/2019 … Maisie Adam talks about going to a ‘mid-level’ Church school in this clip from Chortle's Fast Fringe.
Grace Campbell: Why I'm Never Going Into Politics
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
11/08/2019 … Most comedians with famous parents tend to keep quiet about the fact, as they try to make it on their own terms.