Although one can attribute a certain amount of narrative framing to this, People Pleaser is otherwise straightforwardly vulnerable, with the comic making manifest the typical stand-up's aggravated ...

The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have just announced the longlists for best show and best newcomer at this year’s Fringe - and they are VERY long. A total of 62 shows feature – 40 for best show and 22 ...

Lein is the final part in a Fringe trilogy, whose titles have spelled out the Shetland comedian’s name over the past three years. The first, Marj, dealt with the mind, the second, O, was about the ...

Mancunian comic Paul Campbell is dressed for a funeral, entering in a dishevelled black suit and tie with wild hair and appearing rattled and concussed. The image is assisted by the venue's terrible ...

Even among comedy icons, greatest hits shows are a rarity. Yet Graham Fellows ' evergreen John Shuttleworth has the musical back catalogue and doughty persistence to return to past glories and still ...

Pathetic Little Characters is an impressive calling card for Rory Marshall’s abilities to conjure up credible alter-egos, all intrinsically funny without being exaggerated. His creations tend to be ...

Miranda Hart has written a festive short story about a forgotten Christmas tree. The Christmas Tree That Loved To Dance is about a woman called Joan and a talking dog called Jessie who try to save the ...

Durham Revue are very much sticking to the tried-and-tested formula for student sketch troupes, dancing on to the stage with carefully choreographed energy, all dressed in identical monochrome.

The way you come into this world matters, says Bamgboye. Ayoade means crown of joy, and she is a twin, the first to arrive by 30 seconds but still considered the junior under Yoruba custom, which ...

Alice-India gives off ‘Catholic energy’, but she’s actually just a people pleaser. She recently went through a break-up. She used to work in marketing, but now works in a ‘posh school’.

Chaos reigns when the hyper-religious Kathryn attempts a cookery demonstration in the heart of America’s Bible belt. But while there are plenty of fun ingredients in Kate Owens’ physical comedy show, ...

Law spends the hour bouncing distractedly between different half-formed routines and ideas, with frequent screeching brakes applied to talk to the audience, mess around with the air conditioning, and ...