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Review: Grace Petrie concert

Sarah Stringer 29 September 2026

Reviewing a music concert may seem a bit outside the scope of a comedy website, but folk singer/songwriter Grace Petrie fits so naturally into the world of comedy that in…

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Review: Catherine Bohart – Borrowing Trouble

Sarah Stringer 26 September 2026

Some people say performing stand-up comedy is like therapy. Catherine Bohart’s latest show discusses how some forms of therapy, like knockoff app-based ones, and stand-up comedy, don’t work as well…

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Stand-up special review: Stuart Laws – Three-Way

Sarah Stringer 20 September 2026

Stuart Laws is known for high-concept stand-up hours, playing silly characters as he unravels the intricacies of absurd scenarios. But in recent years, he’s done stand-up about his real life,…

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TV Review: Alley Cats

Simon Huxtable 18 September 2026

I’d heard rumours. “There’s a new Gervais incoming,” whispered a friend. “It’s got cats in it”. I dismissed it as a lie: “What would Gervais want with cats?” I scoffed.…

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Review: Scout Boxall – God’s Favourite

Sarah Stringer 6 September 2026

This show had a lot of buzz around it, coming out of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and as it transferred to London, it lives up to the hype. God’s Favourite…

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Film Review: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

Alex Finch 1 September 2026

David Wain’s not particularly well known on this side of the pond, which feels quite appalling as the man’s responsible for some of the funniest tv and movie comedy of…

Comedy Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Guy Williams – Rich people are stealing from you and blaming brown people and trans people and some people believe them aaahhhhhh!

Sarah Stringer 30 August 2026

This is Guy Williams’ third show in Edinburgh, and if you liked the first two, you will like this one. It’s more stuff along the Guy Williams line: shouty, angry,…

Comedy Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Sean Morely – Backchannel

Sarah Stringer 30 August 2026

We’ve all been there. We’ve all seen a stand-up show that makes some interesting observation, and we’ve thought, “I wonder if that’s true, it would be cool to test it.”…

Comedy Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tom Ballard – Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)

Sarah Stringer 30 August 2026

Tom Ballard has picked an incredibly tricky subject for a comedy show in 2026: trying to defend his choice to do a Nazi salute on stage in his 2024 show,…

Comedy Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Rosco McClelland – The Bones

Sarah Stringer 30 August 2026

Two years ago, Rosco McClelland did a serious stand-up show about his potentially life-threatening medical condition. One year ago, he did a fun stand-up show with material about Roombas, and…

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