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 ReadingBack in June, the first round of comics for the 10th annual Moontower Comedy Festival were announced. And now, the… MORE
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Available 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 ReadingRio Cinema, LondonLucia Keskin’s sense of fun and breakout potential radiates from these sketches shown at the Blue Tick festivalThere are leaps required of artists in this week’s Blue Tick festival, showcasing internet comedy on the big screen. It’s a…
Continue ReadingRio Cinema, LondonLucia Keskin’s sense of fun and breakout potential radiates from these sketches shown at the Blue Tick festivalThere are leaps required of artists in this week’s Blue Tick festival, showcasing internet comedy on the big screen. It’s a…
Continue ReadingThis August the Scottish capital is much quieter but performers and audiences at this modest jamboree are full of spiritOn the wall in my kitchen is a calendar made by Edinburgh theatre critic Thom Dibdin. This time last year, he and his photographer b…
Continue ReadingThis August the Scottish capital is much quieter but performers and audiences at this modest jamboree are full of spiritOn the wall in my kitchen is a calendar made by Edinburgh theatre critic Thom Dibdin. This time last year, he and his photographer b…
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