“The George Lucas Talk Show” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023
****1/2 (out of 5) Hearing John Williams music beforehand certainly enhances the vibe, preparing audience members in this converted classroom setting as they’re about to …
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Frank Skinner: “30 Years of Dirt,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023
**** (out of 5) In 1991, Frank Skinner won the top prize at the Edinburgh Fringe (then known as the Perrier Award), beating out Eddie …
Continue ReadingEpisode #426: Tape Face
When you hear the words Tape Face, what do you picture? Sam Wills began his comedy career in his native New Zealand as a teenage …
Continue ReadingRewind the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe watching NextUp
Feel like you missed out on the Fringe, even if you attended and/or performed in the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe? For a limited time, the folks …
Continue ReadingEpisode #402: Alice Fraser
Alice Fraser first studied law in Sydney, Australia, but found comedy and the Footlights while getting her Master’s degree in rhetoric at Cambridge, and honed …
Continue ReadingMr Chonkers at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) This is unlike any clown show I’ve ever seen. Because it’s not exactly clowning. More like buffoonery. There’s a whole lotta …
Continue ReadingBusiness Casual: “FERAL,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Jeremy Elder, Cory Peter Lane, and Hunter Saling have been here before, making their Fringe debut in 2019. Which means this …
Continue ReadingChris Gethard: “A Father and the Sun,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) The popular podcaster, improviser and storyteller makes his return to the Fringe for the first time in six years. If you …
Continue ReadingHannah Pilkes: “A Woman on the Verge,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
***1/2 (out of 5) Plenty of shows at the Fringe have accidental false starts to them, since the headliners must serve as their own opening …
Continue ReadingNic Sampson: “Marathon, 1904,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
*** (out of 5) Marathons: Famously not sprints. The 1904 Olympic Marathon was rather infamous, yet might have been all but lost to history, if …
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