The comic on starting the career her ex was planning, how Jaffa Cakes help you judge people and why standups need TupperwareHow did you get into comedy?
I was dating a comedy nerd who wanted to try standup, so I researched comedy courses for them as a…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Texan comedian delivers a playful show about a holiday from hell that tackles mental health and wokenessIt is rare for an act to firmly establish themselves in UK comedy, and then make their fringe debut. That’s the wa…
Continue ReadingPleasance Dome, EdinburghA show about unresolved masculinity combines elements of musical theatre with the experimental comic’s own ruminations on ego and oblivionIf you were picking a comedian likely to branch out into musical theatre, Jordan Brookes …
Continue ReadingChildren’s author, YouTuber, ‘sausage bird’ designer … the comic who was born Derek Chickpeas (maybe) talks about cooking up his hilariously daft alter ego – and we pick some of his funniest gagsThey say that, for comedians, the Edinburgh fringe is a r…
Continue ReadingThe Stand, EdinburghThis movie-mad comic lampoons Hollywood through sketch and song but some of his material could have been left in the cutting roomFilms are the best art form, declares Chris Thorburn, so he’s created a comedy show to evoke a trip to …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh This tremendous solo debut finds the comic veering between stranger-than-fiction verisimilitude and hilarious gothic exaggeration‘Childless cat ladies” have been much in the news since Kamala Harris strode into the presid…
Continue ReadingGlaswegian, 44, says angioplasty was ‘shot across the bows’ and she will now swap Red Bull for hummusA car breaking down when you’re hours away from an important Edinburgh fringe warm-up gig might sound like the start of an entertaining bit for most co…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDowning Street’s chief of staff is imagined to be gossipy and gregarious in this wickedly silly showSue Gray is one of the most recognisable names in the UK, but few of us know a thing about her. Into that breach steps Emm…
Continue ReadingTooth pain, lost cash and lots of crying – the award-winning comic has had a difficult relationship with the fringe. So why come back for more?10 of the best shows at this year’s Edinburgh fringeAlfie Brown and Jessie Cave on their fringe double actEdi…
Continue ReadingPhotographer Murdo MacLeod presents his view of the opening week’s shows at Scotland’s annual arts spectacular Continue reading…
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