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Comedy Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Olga Koch / Bill O'Neill / Mary O'Connell

Veronica Lee

Olga Koch Monkey Barrel 

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Darran Griffiths / Louise Atkinson / Louise Young

Veronica Lee

Darran Griffiths, Pleasance Courtyard 

Lots of comics talk about sex in their shows but few do so with such charm and purpose as Darran Griffiths with Inconceivable, his debut hour.

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Flat & the Curves / Shamilton! / I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical

Veronica Lee

Flat & the Curves, Pleasance Dome 

Flat & the Curves – Katy Baker, Charlotte Brooke, Issy Wroe Wright and Arabella Rodrigo – perform a gig-style musical comedy show with risqué material about what it means to be a modern woman. And there's a generous side helping about the inadequacy of men, too.

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Rob Auton / Laura Davis / Matt Forde

Veronica Lee

Rob Auton, Assembly @Roxy 

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Amos Gill/ Lorna Rose Treen/ Crizards

Veronica Lee

Amos Gill Gilded Balloon 

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Krystal Evans / William Thompson / Alison Spittle

Veronica Lee

Krystal Evans, Monkey Barrel @The Hive 

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Ania Magliano / Elliot Steel / Alexandra Haddow

Veronica Lee

Ania Magliano, Pleasance Courtyard

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Ed Byrne / Fiona Allen / Kieran Hodgson

Veronica Lee

Ed Byrne Assembly Rooms

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Urooj Ashfaq, Soho Theatre review - assured UK debut by Mumbai stand-up

Veronica Lee

It's takes a confident comic performing only her second show in English – her second language – to joke near the top of the hour: “I didn't know I wasn't as funny in English.” Urooj Ashfaq also told us she would get upset if the audience didn't like her – but she shouldn't worry. Her confidence proved to be justified.

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The Crown Jewels, Garrick Theatre review - star laden comedy fails to sparkle

Gary Naylor

At first, it’s hard to believe that the true story of Colonel Blood’s audacious attempt to steal The Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in 1671 has not provided the basis for a play before. After two hours of Simon Nye’s pedestrian telling of the tale as a comedy, you have your answer.

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