2+ week, 3+ day ago   (548+ words) A smart stand-up comedian who identifies as an Irish peasant, a performance that leaves you feeling...church, of differences with the English, and why the Irish don’t much care for Bono. Predictable topics perhaps...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (477+ words) comedian Katie Boyle shares her experience of being an Irish comic in America, where she is sometimes accused of ‘not being Irish enough’ for some audiences accustomed to more hack...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (561+ words) Could one of these acts win the best newcomer at this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards? Reviews of shows performed 23 August, 2026. There is far more to this show than the toe-curling celebrity affair Having seen an early WIP of Creep, I…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (341+ words) UK comedy’s most prestigious awards have announced the nominees to take the coveted prize at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival. Among the performers in line to win the Edinburgh Comedy Awards title for best show is Lara Ricote, star of…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (568+ words) Comedy Awards. SNL UK writer Chris Cantrill and Irish comedian Marty Gleeson have taken home the prize...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (272+ words) Top class improvised comedy, a veteran of the Fringe does what he does best once again, and a seriously underrated gag machine: reviews of shows performed 22-23 August, 2026. Can Chelsea Birkby shake off her nice girl image? If you're nervous of…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (204+ words) El-Ghorri is not short on attitude, whether dissing gentrification ("when I'm rich I'm gonna buy a house here just to bring the prices down") or discussing her penchant for having a potty mouth ("I can be clean for the right…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (744+ words) There’s a strand of speculative fiction that plonks you straight into a boggling scenario, then gives you dribs and drabs of information to decode it, before laying the whole thing painstakingly out. That’s where Simon Stephens’s irritating play comes from....