REVIEW: The Mayor and His Daughter: A Genuine Appreciation of Comedy
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Mayor (Ciaran Chillingworth) and his Daughter (Kit Finnie) are on a mission to rebuild their community, by connecting through comedy.
Category Comedy
REVIEW: Caroline McEvoy: Train Man
Reading Time: 2 minutesCaroline McEvoy’s show “Train Man” is named after her brother Jonathan, and his love of trains, but covers so much more in this thoughtful and funny hour.
REVIEW: Matthew Mckew: Screws Now Included
Reading Time: 2 minutesMatthew Mckew’s stand-up hour is presented from a unique perspective. Following a brain-injury, he has experienced life and work through a different lens with a Functioning Neurological Disorder, and using comedy to help rebuild his cognitive skills.
REVIEW: Jordan Gray: Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Here to Kill Me?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJordan Gray has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe stage and taken it by storm once more with a rousing second installment to her famous musical comedy set.
REVIEW: I am Claire Parry (Very Funny Stand-up)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMultidisciplinary artist Claire Parry explores the absurdity of being an artist in the current landscape with absurdity, itself.
REVIEW: Diya Shah: Diya Shah? Diya Shan’t
Reading Time: 2 minutesA comedic voice for the future Diya Shah dreams of being on Pointless Celebrities – she’s already featured on Pointless (and on Only Connect). Will her comedy dreams lead to the (self-decribed) microcelebrity level for Pointless Celebrities?…
REVIEW: Pedro Leandro: Soft Animal
Reading Time: 2 minutes"polished comedic debut of queer experience and beyond"
REVIEW: Jessica Durand: Over The Top
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the top on one hand is a story about WW1, the brutality soldiers faced in grim impossibly large and slow battlefields resembling hell. On the other hand it’s a really really really funny and camp self-insert fan faction story about Jessica Durand finding her kinky lover Ms Trunchball (yes from Matilda), featuring the characters of Downtown Abbey, Kermit the Frog and more.
REVIEW: Dan Leith: Defiling Gravity
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDan Leith invites us into the Flight Club for an hour of alternative musical comedy in his new show Defiling Gravity. The show covers life’s ups and downs and the ways in which Dan has survived death, from his family’s near miss with the Titanic to an array of self-inflicted accidents.
REVIEW: David Elms: David Elms Describes A Room
Reading Time: 2 minutes“David Elms describes a room” is a very apt description for this clever improvised comedy show.