Summerhall, EdinburghTrevor Lock uses audience participation to satisfy our yearning for community in a show that prioritises connection over actionWhat did we miss most during the pandemic: the entertainment or the audiences? We still had box sets and…
Continue ReadingSummerhall, EdinburghTrevor Lock uses audience participation to satisfy our yearning for community in a show that prioritises connection over actionWhat did we miss most during the pandemic: the entertainment or the audiences? We still had box sets and…
Continue ReadingThe ex-Inbetweener’s new work-in-progress standup show, about breaking beyond being typecast, almost leaves you worried for the comedianThe maladroit comic parlaying their anxiety into humour is as old as standup itself. But it’s a highwire act: other …
Continue ReadingThe ex-Inbetweener’s new work-in-progress standup show, about breaking beyond being typecast, has a self-lacerating characterThe maladroit comic parlaying their anxiety into humour is as old as standup itself. But it’s a highwire act: other people’s ne…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe comic riffs on arts careers and money while playing video games and fending off his spirit animal in a likable showTom Mayhew is performing live on Zoom every night of this year’s fringe, not from a stage but from his sofa. The stor…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe comic riffs on arts careers and money while playing video games and fending off his spirit animal in a likable showTom Mayhew is performing live on Zoom every night of this year’s fringe, not from a stage but from his sofa. The stor…
Continue ReadingThe festival is back – and so are stage fright and self-loathing. But this year’s event has been small and beautifulI normally find Edinburgh fringe an extremely trying time. Now it’s an extremely trying time with fewer people.Before setting off this y…
Continue ReadingThe festival is back – and so are stage fright and self-loathing. But this year’s event has been small and beautifulI normally find Edinburgh fringe an extremely trying time. Now it’s an extremely trying time with fewer people.Before setting off this y…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineLacy’s tales about her time on Aussie TV may leave Britons bemused but her show finds its feet with a smart outlook on celebrityTania Lacy’s standup show, Catch a Falling Star, is performed to an empty room and available on demand throu…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineLacy’s tales about her time on Aussie TV may leave Britons bemused but her show finds its feet with a smart outlook on celebrityTania Lacy’s standup show, Catch a Falling Star, is performed to an empty room and available on demand throu…
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