Luke McQueen has a penchant for grand pranks. He once put on a show claiming that Frankie Boyle would be performing rather than McQueen and another time claimed to have been in a double act with Jack... more
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Grace Helbig was one of the first social media stars, becoming a YouTube pioneer charting every minute of her life nearly twenty years ago, when some of today’s baby influencers weren’t even born.... more
Love Britpop? Then you'll love Marc Burrows' The Britpop Hour. That's essentially the pitch here. Music journalist and comedian Marc Burrows certainly loves a lot of it and is the perfect person to... more
How's this for devotion to your art? Actor/comedian Thom Tuck (Penny Dreadfuls, Horrible Histories, Play What I Wrote) first performed Scaramouche Jones at the Fringe 20 years ago. Then he did it... more
Is there a better way to start the day than to go and see Ian Smith? His show at the Monkey Barrel starts at 12.30 and the only problem is that it is a tough act to follow. You may not see a funnier... more
If you don’t know Will Owen yet don’t worry you will. His latest Edinburgh Fringe show, Looking Fab At Fifty, is an effective calling card for this talented, engaging and witty performer who seems... more
Rob Auton has become something of an Edinburgh Fringe cult. Every year he returns with a brand new immaculately put together monologue, usually in the same venue, about something that has become an... more
James Trickey is an accountant but wants to chuck it all in to be come a full-time stand-up comedian. The mad fool. Or is he? I’m sure he’s done the number crunching and cost benefit analysis to work... more
Sometimes a comedy critic’s job is easy. You laugh so it must be a good show. I remember one critic who based their star ratings entirely on the number of times they laughed during a set. He kept... more
Susan Harrison's sixth solo show sees her mixing character comedy with sketches and even a little improv, which she does regularly as a member of the award-winning Showstoppers troupe. It's a great... more
