This past summer, Bert Kreischer launched the Fully Loaded Festival. He gathered a handful of his comedian friends and performed… MORE
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Next year, Moontower Just For Laughs Austin is coming back to Austin, Texas for their annual festival. This year, the… MORE
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Every year, The Nashville Comedy Festival brings together comedy fans from all over for their annual festival. Today, they have… MORE
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He breezed into the Edinburgh fringe late with just half a show – and won the ‘Oscar of comedy’. In his first ever face-to-face interview, the eccentric Aussie standup reveals what’s next (‘Something’)Here’s how the Edinburgh fringe usually figures in …
Continue ReadingFierce festival, BirminghamThis immersive cabaret invites you into a world of ‘goblin core’, drag ogres and live art happeningsBirmingham’s Fierce festival opened this week with a compelling call by director Aaron Wright for the UK to diversify its the…
Continue ReadingToo pricy, too elitist, just too big? After the criticisms of this year’s event, a panel of festival regulars consider the way forward for Edinburgh’s summer spectacularKaty Koren, co-artistic director, Gilded Balloon Continue reading…
Continue ReadingEarlier this month, High Plains Comedy Festival announced the first part of their lineup for their 2022 festival. Now, with… MORE
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Pleasance, EdinburghMaddix is a fluent, playful comic, but the window opened here on his conflicted psyche feels unresolved – for him as much as his audience‘I needed to say it more than you needed to hear it,” says Jamali Maddix towards the end of Kin…
Continue ReadingI’ve spent my whole professional life loving and writing about the fringe. But rocketing rents, a lack of diversity and its overwhelming scale are pushing this world-class cultural crucible to crisis point. No wonder artists are asking themselves: is i…
Continue ReadingYoung Latina whose act tackles disability is among the winners at prestigious awards ceremonyBoth of the top prizes for being funny at the 2022 Edinburgh fringe festival have gone to foreign talent. The Australian comedian Sam Campbell is the winner of…
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