Chris Cantrill: The Bad Boy
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … Half of Yorkshire’s greatest export, The Delightful Sausage, Chris Cantrill is, like his meat-mate Amy Gledhill, bringing a solo show to the Fringe in a different…
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Wed 17 August 2022
Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2022 … I had hoped that the story of being one of the very few outsiders to cross North Korea’s tightly controlled borders might have been more interesting than this.
Tue 16 August 2022
Josie Long: Re-Enchantment
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … Josie Long embraced lockdown as a chance to spend more time with her young daughters and to masquerade as a mob boss.
Rachel Jackson: Almost Famous
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … According to her old ballet teacher, Rachel Jackson is someone who ‘tries very, very hard’, which is certainly one of the things that comes up repeatedly…
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2022 final
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … It may sound immodest to say so, but it feels like the Chortle Student Comedy Award has unearthed a cracking batch of new comedians again this year.
Alex Mackeith: Thanks For Listening
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … Musical comedy has largely shed the reputation it once had for being the first refuge of the hack, exploiting audience affection for well-known hits and the instinct…
Norris & Parker: Sirens
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … Sketch duo Norris & Parker enter from the back of the Monkey Barrel in full-length veils, gyrating mysteriously and ready to lure the audience onto the sharp…
Bad Clowns: Invasion
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2022 … How dare you suggest these alien hunters with their memory-wiping devices are in any way a ripoff of Men In Black! Their sharp suits are more of a charcoal grey,…