‘This could be our last year’: student comedy troupes priced out of Edinburgh fringe

Nish Kumar among comedians warning that rising costs could stop university revues visiting the festival‘I don’t have any family connections in comedy or television, my leg up was that I went to a posh university that had this relationship with Edinburg…

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Edinburgh fringe event organisers urged to capitalise on Oasis and AC/DC gigs

Fringe Society CEO says venues could offer concertgoers ‘morning after’ shows or tempt residents who ‘want to hide’Organisers of Edinburgh fringe events have been urged to be “pretty smart” and capitalise on the decision by Oasis and AC/DC to play gigs…

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Rory Bremner review – slick satirist cosies up to Trump, Rees-Mogg and the king

Assembly Rooms, EdinburghThe impressionist mixes modern politics with blasts from the past in a witty show that sticks to familiar groundTopical comedy meets a trip down memory lane at Rory Bremner’s touring show, where gags about – and impersonations …

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Rory Bremner review – slick satirist cosies up to Trump, Rees-Mogg and the king

Assembly Rooms, EdinburghThe impressionist mixes modern politics with blasts from the past in a witty show that sticks to familiar groundTopical comedy meets a trip down memory lane at Rory Bremner’s touring show, where gags about – and impersonations …

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From Van Gogh to Superman: Keep cool with our guide to the summer’s best arts and entertainment

From a very hungry crocodile to some equally famished zombies, a superstar Compton rapper to a Smallville superhero: our critics choose the eye-opening arts events that will dazzle you over the next few monthsA Midsummer Night’s DreamBridge theatre, Lo…

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From Van Gogh to Superman: Keep cool with our guide to the summer’s best arts and entertainment

From a very hungry crocodile to some equally famished zombies, a superstar Compton rapper to a Smallville superhero: our critics choose the eye-opening arts events that will dazzle you over the next few monthsA Midsummer Night’s DreamBridge theatre, Lo…

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Demi Adejuyigbe: ‘Everything I do is because of my love for Ocean’s Eleven’

The comedian and TV writer on a cringeworthy moment with Charli xcx, his viral September videos, and why we should forgive Don Cheadle’s cockney accentGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOn 21 September each year between 2016 and 2021, you made …

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Rhys Darby: ‘Luckily, no one’s given me a full clay model of my nose’

The standup on his encounters with fans, cracking up his co-stars on Flight of the Conchords and why AI should stay away from artWho did you look up to when you were starting out?I had an obsession with BBC comedy, mainly sitcoms and Monty Python. The …

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John Early: The Album Tour review – a rich slice of larky self-mockery

Soho theatre, LondonChatty waiters, visiting the loo in company and overinvesting in sexual role-play are uproariously discussed alongside covers of Madonna, Britney and Dolly PartonFor fans of a certain brand of comedy – the comedy that exposes self-f…

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Jordan Gray: Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Here to Kill Me? review – lashings of panache

Soho theatre, LondonIt’s not as big-hitting as her debut but this sophomore comedy show proves Gray is a brilliant entertainer and wind-up merchant To say that Jordan Gray made an eye-catching entrance into comedy would be quite the understatement. Her…

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