Matt Forde: Defying Calamity
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … The terrible state of the world and the faltering repair of his body continue to be comedic gifts for Matt Forde.
Tue 19 August 2025
David's One-Man Band (F*ck You, Steven)
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … This is probably the lowest-key rock show you’ll ever go to.
Shalaka Kurup: Get A Grip
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … As a child growing up in India, Shalaka Kurup wanted nothing more than to be in therapy, an ambition sadly thwarted by a loving and stable family life.
Which game show did Peter Kay write gags for?
19/08/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mark Vigeant: The Best Man Show
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … A best man’s speech gone rogue, this is a tour-de-force of intense, falling-apart-at-the-seams clowning from LA-based performer Mark Vigeant.
Carl Donnelly: Another Round
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … Carl Donnelly’s shows these days feel very casual, each new one just a handful of low-key stories from the previous year’s events, suffused with the…
Jenny Ryan: Björn Yesterday
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … Think Abba and you think big camp party music, sure to get the aunties on the dancefloor at any wedding.
Lucy Pearman: Lunartic
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2025 … Marking her welcome return to the Fringe after six years, it's not hyperbole to call Lunartic a classic Lucy Pearman show.