Ashley Gavin: “My Therapist Is Dying” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ NYC-based stand-up Ashley Gavin warns us early on that she knows she looks ridiculous when she cries as well as just how she dresses …
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Anna Akana: “It Gets Darker” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Actress Anna Akana has more than 2.8 million YouTube subscribers (and an additional 1.5 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram), and her first …
Continue ReadingCatherine McCafferty: “(Not) That Bad” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “If it’s not content, then why did it happen?” That’s a pithy way for someone who has grown up in the social media age …
Continue ReadingVeronica Osorio as “Medicine Woman” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ There’s something extra ominous about being led through a bar into a dark, damp cave as the clock approaches midnight, receiving a wooden percussive …
Continue ReadingIan Lockwood: “The Farewell Tour” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Lots of Fringe shows this month employ songs of the summer from Chappell Roan and Charli XCX to hype up the crowds and themselves. …
Continue ReadingElf Lyons: “Horses” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who wouldn’t want to see “the first ever comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performed entirely by a horse.” Then you encounter Emily-Anne …
Continue ReadingBronwyn Kuss: “Pillows xxxx”
**** (out of 5) When Bronwyn Kuss, a finalist in the 2018 RAW national comedy contest, returned to Melbourne with her first full show four …
Continue ReadingPaul Williams: “Mamiya 7” at Melbourne 2024
**** (out of 5) Paul Williams plays the role of assistant on Taskmaster New Zealand, but for his third show at Melbourne, he wants to …
Continue ReadingGeraldine Hickey: “Don’t Tease Me About My Gloves” at Melbourne 2024
**** (out of 5) Geraldine Hickey is another festival favorite in Melbourne, having won for most outstanding show in 2021, and the Piece of Wood …
Continue ReadingSam Simmons: “Man With A Fork In A World Full Of Soup” at Melbourne 2024
**** (out of 5) The global hit Amazon Prime series, LOL: Last One Laughing, may have started with an initial comedy competition series set in …
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