Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Scottish standup retains his bouncy charm in a show that parallels his recent autism diagnosis with the story of his grandmother’s descent into Alzheimer’sWith victory in last week’s So You Think You’re Funny? prize f…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe fringe veteran unpacks his idiosyncratic childhood in a vividly realised show about class, family and neurodiversityColin Hoult has been performing at the fringe for 20 years, but never with what most comics give us at…
Continue ReadingPleasance Dome, EdinburghThe improv star showcases all his charm and skill playing a delusional actor who keeps pausing his show to record self-tapes for superior productions elsewhereFew figures are more dependably funny than the delusional, disappoin…
Continue ReadingHull’s Amy Gledhill wins best show and Huddersfield’s Joe Kent-Walters named best newcomer, with Rob Copland winning Victoria Wood award The winners of the 2024 Edinburgh comedy awards have been revealed, with a double win for Yorkshire as Hull’s Amy …
Continue ReadingThe festival’s top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household nameSo Amy Gledhill has won the Edinburgh comedy award, catapulting herself into an elite pantheon that includes Tim K…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup delivers another intelligent and compelling hour, exploring sport, gender, trolls and her schoolingWhen Chloe Petts got a regular Saturday morning slot on Sky Sports News, it was a dream come true for the comic…
Continue ReadingThe festival’s relentless pace is demanding for performers, especially with an underlying health condition. Three acts explain how their month has goneAn hour before she was due on stage for the first show of her month-long Edinburgh fringe run, Nina G…
Continue ReadingMonkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh The Australian standup, nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award, delivers a restlessly zany sequence of songs and thumbnail sketchesPromising a set more memorable than your wedding, Josh Glanc (rhymes with romance) open…
Continue ReadingAssembly George Square, EdinburghThe mesmerising Australian comic’s song-laced, sassy and polemical set is a clarion call for queer expressionHighest star wattage on the Edinburgh fringe? Give that award to Reuben Kaye right away. Best comedy show? Wel…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghActor-playwright Libby Rodliffe plays plate-spinning Bea, desperately working several jobs, in a monologue co-written with Isley LynnJobsworth is billed as a riotous comedy about a woman, Bea, juggling multiple jobs, some …
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