Comedy Reviews
Zoë Coombs Marr, Soho Theatre review - stock checks and spreadsheetsFriday, 20 September 2024
You have to admire the ambition of a show called Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life, the latest from Zoë Coombs Marr, which she performed at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and is now in its Soho Theatre residency. It’s an hour that takes on some big themes – sexuality, mental health, the state of comedy – while digging down into her life as she reaches 40, and has done something of a stock check. Read more... |
Adam Sandler, Netflix Special - songs, silliness and deconstructing stand-upWednesday, 04 September 2024
You may spend some of Adam Sandler's new Netflix Special wondering what's going on. But if you're a fan of his alma mater, Saturday Night Live, you'll guess that the clearly staged first few minutes act as a homage to its “cold opening”, as we see Sandler arrive at the venue, walk through the backstage mayhem of greeters, fans and hangers-on, and then take the stage. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 review: Joe Kent-WaltersSaturday, 24 August 2024
Joe Kent-Walters has been given the DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer Award in the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and deservedly so, for Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!! The show is a blast. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024: Edinburgh Comedy Awards winnersSaturday, 24 August 2024
Amy Gledhill won the Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show, the main award at the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Make Me Look Fit on the Poster. The show has variously been described as “bawdy comedy delivered with a blush”, “a funny woman rightly confident of her comedy talents” and “a brilliant physical comedian”. Accepting her award, Gledhill said: “This is insane. I saw the other people on this list and I thought, 'I don't have to write a script!'” Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Grace Mulvey / John TothillSaturday, 17 August 2024
Grace Mulvey, Assembly Roxy ★★★ |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Sheeps / Mhairi BlackWednesday, 14 August 2024
Sheeps, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Stevie Martin / Colin HoultTuesday, 13 August 2024
Stevie Martin, Monkey Barrel ★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Chris Grace / Ania Magliano / Elvis McGonagallSaturday, 10 August 2024
Chris Grace, Assembly George Square ★★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray / Sam LakeThursday, 08 August 2024
Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ I have no idea what Sue Gray - the former senior civil servant who is now The Prime Minister’s right-hand woman - sounds like, but I’m guessing not someone who has stepped straight out of The Only Way Is Essex. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Eric Rushton / Mark ThomasWednesday, 07 August 2024
Eric Rushton, Monkey Barrel @ The Hive ★★★★ |
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