Rory O'Keeffe: The 37th Question
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
22/08/2018 … A curate's egg of a show, Rory O'Keeffe's storytelling hour engages and frustrates with the promise of a chance to dictate the narrative, yet no opportunity…
Wed 22 August 2018
Who have the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel overlooked, up to now?
22/08/2018 … This question was asked before today's shortlists came out.
Maisie Adam: Vague
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
22/08/2018 … New comics who win the So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition are faced with a dilemma – do they return to Edinburgh the next year to capitalise…
Holt and Talbot: Mansplaining Feminism
Edinburgh Fringe review by Sophie Cartman
22/08/2018 … Wake up! It's 2018, where every other comedian is discussing feminism and political correctness Rosie Holt and Christian Talbot provide some kind of escapism…
Hannah Gadsby can’t tell me what to do
Sid Singh on Nanette’s true impact on comedy
22/08/2018 … With the insane pace at which news is consumed and then flies past us these days, you can be forgiven for forgetting this, but thousands of years ago back in June,…
Geoff Norcott: Traditionalism
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2018 … Geoff Norcott’s still revelling in his status as Britain’s only right-wing comedian – except for all the other ones, of course – although…
Two Little Dickheads
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2018 … Don’t panic! The end of the world is nigh - thanks to a diamond-encrusted meteorite heading towards Earth – but until it hits, Two Little Dickheads will…
Revealed: The 2018 Edinburgh comedy award nominees
And women dominate best newcomer list
22/08/2018 … The nominees have been announced for this yearsEdinburgh Comedy Awards And, notably, six of the seven comedians shortlisted for best newcomer are women.