'He would black up with Marmite and then smash a toaster into his face'
Fin Taylor on his most memorable gigs
07/08/2018 … First gig Oppo, Bristol, November 2008.
Tue 07 August 2018
Kieran Hodgson: '75
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
07/08/2018 … BBC founder Lord Reith would bloody love Kieran Hodgson’s ’75, a show that epitomises his famous mantra to ‘inform, educate and entertain’.
Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
07/08/2018 … Call me an old cynic, but I’m always a bit wary when a comic greets you at the door, all smiles and dishing out sweets – aha! I think.
Free advice on showbiz contracts
...offered at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
07/08/2018 … Writers can get free legal tips to help them negotiate the world of contracts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife?: A Play by Christopher Bliss
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
07/08/2018 … Pinter, Beckett, Chekov… Bliss? Not that the inept-but eager writer Christopher Bliss would know who any of the others in that list are, but he is…
Andy Storey: Awkward
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
07/08/2018 … A steady-as-she-goes debut show from a comic who’s still finding his feet.
Mr Swallow And The Vanishing Elephant
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
07/08/2018 … You could never accuse Nick Mohammed of being short of ambition for his uptight but strangely loveable alter-ego Mr Swallow.
A masterpiece from an incredibly skilled storyteller
Chris Turner shares his Perfect Playlist
07/08/2018 … Under Milk WoodTo begin at the beginning… The first comedy I consumed growing up was almost entirely on cassette tapes given to me in an unorganised box by my…