
Sun 07 August 2016


Sophie Willan: On Record
07/08/2016 … Sophie Willan has a family that stretches the definition of eccentric, with a heroin-addicted mother and her schizophrenic partner, a grandmother prone to grand…

Wayne Carter Teaches You To Be Fabulous
07/08/2016 … ‘There’s no safe space here,’ Wayne Carter says, threatening that his aggressive audience participation will amount to ‘professional rape’, no less.

'Culture sells newspapers'
Comedy awards boss calls for more Fringe coverage
07/08/2016 … Edinburgh Comedy Awards producer Nica Burns has called on newspaper editors to support the arts, as in-depth coverage of the Fringe shrinks.

Surviving The Fringe: 3. Eat Happy
By comedian and doctor Kwame Asante
07/08/2016 … In the second in our series in which junior doctors who are also comedians give tips on surviving the gruelling Edinburgh Fringe, doctor Kwame Asante shares his…

I saw Louis CK, Chris Rock and Marc Maron all at one club gig
Ed Gamble's most memorable shows
07/08/2016 … First gigIt was a heat of So You Think You’re Funny? at the Watershed in Wimbledon.


'The sexiest dictionary definition of live comedy'
Emma Sidi picks her Perfect Playlist
07/08/2016 … Titty Bang Bang: Vampire Slayers This sketch sums up perfectly everything that I love about this show, but I could have picked anything from the reasonably short-lived…