Myra DuBois at Latitude 2023
Review from the Suffolk festival
24/07/2023 … She’s billing herself as the ‘Empress of Empathy’, but reinventing herself as a mindfulness guru has done nothing to soften Myra DuBois’s…
Mon 24 July 2023
'The open-mic circuit's too competitive. I want to make it nicer'
How one comedian is trying to take the pressure off new acts
24/07/2023 … Stand-up Carl Carzana says he’s on a mission to make comedy nights ‘nice’ – by reinventing the circuit’s brutal roast battles and gong…
Ian Smith on his Goole hometown
Extract from his forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe show Crushing
24/07/2023 … Here's comedian Ian Smith talking about his home town of Goole, of which he's both embarrassed and strangely proud.
'Stay one step ahead of AI. Our livelihoods depend on us being human'
Morwenna Banks' advice to comedy writing graduates as she gets an honorary fellowship
24/07/2023 … Comedy star and writer Morwenna Banks has been awarded an honorary fellowship by Falmouth University.
Sun 23 July 2023
The gamble of the Fringe
Mary O’Connell on throwing the financial and artistic dice at the festival
23/07/2023 … So, you want to do an Edinburgh Fringe show about something kinda niche.
© Stuart Hogben Bridget Christie at Latitude 2023
Review from the Suffolk festival
23/07/2023 … ‘Give me a cheer if you’re a tofu-eating, Guardian-reading member of the wokerati!’ says Bridget Christie as she takes to the stage at the end…
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten shows that talk about cancer
Finding humour from a tumour...
23/07/2023 … The time when making a comedy show about cancer might have been taboo has long passed.
Fern Brady at Latitude 2022
Review from the Suffolk festival
23/07/2023 … Fern Brady knows she comes across as rude and cynical, which she ascribes to her autism (as discussed in her excellent and revealing memoir Strong Female…