⭐⭐⭐⭐ Earlier in the day that I would see Sam Eley’s latest creation, Jonno joked on the Monkey Barrel 2 stage that comedians who lack confidence in their jokes just say them louder. So what happens when you put a giant…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For all of the talk in American entertainment about the emergence of the Los Angeles clown scene, few in L.A. or anywhere else are taking clown to the heights and across genres quite like the British comedian El…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐ Daran “Jonno” Johnson is no stranger to the Fringe as one-third of the sketch trio Sheeps. But it’s kind of a big deal for Jonno to go solo this year. Not just because he tells us he hasn’t done …
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Kinda busy just whimsymaxxing!” That’s one way to sum up Bebe Cave’s hour-plus this year at Fringe (and just how long could this show be if she really took her whimsy to the max???), and she’s…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐ How’d Sydnee Washington get from awkward kid raised by her strict Christian elders in Oakland to VIP bottle girl in Manhattan nightclubs to sober stand-up comedian? That’s what this hour is, illustrated with…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What could’ve remained a simple sight gag has evolved into a powerful, personal and punchy clown musical. What a pleasant surprise! What genius choices Maya Ricote has made, turning this caricature into a …
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐ Sometimes a basement show feels like a basement show. You need to be sitting up front to get up close and personal with character-based performance art like this. Immersion is critical to your enjoyment. Especially since so muc…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Best Newcomer nominee in 2024, Li Jin Hao just released a version of that show (“Swimming in a Submarine”) on YouTube earlier this summer. During this hour, he jokes about how Show Business only rewards pi…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐½ This is one of those 3½-star shows that’ll earn more stars as Torres gets deeper into Fringe. It’s not not a dead parents show. But Torres, a stand-up whose TV credits include performances on both Conan and The Lat…
Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐½ Lads of a certain age know who Keeley Hazell is. As her show’s title (based on her 2025 memoir) lays out, Keeley was a topless Page 3 model for The Sun tabloid in the late 2000s, and a cover model several times over for …
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