Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism) Review by Esther This is an incredibly trite opening sentence, but there is genuinely a line wrapping around the block for Lara Ricote’s Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism). So much so, that we are constantly asked by passersby who we’re queuing for – and it’s at this point, […]
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Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows Review by Esther Abby Wambaugh would like you to know that this is not a show about miscarriage. Despite the show’s description—“Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.”— it is definitely not a show about miscarriage.
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Terence Hartnett: 1 Lung Run Review by Mariah Girouard American comedian Terence Hartnett begins his hour by saying that there are three reasons why people find themselves at this show. One: They’re a cancer survivor. Terence we will learn, has survived cancer not once, but twice. Two: They’re Austrian. Formerly based in New York, Terence
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Loren Mayshark: Son of a Luddite Review by Mariah Girouard If you’re like me and you don’t know what a “Luddite” is, Loren Mayshark and Gesche Picolin teach you all about it in their show Son of a Luddite. The show begins with Loren’s opener, Gesche, a soft-spoken and composed comic who tells us about
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Aussie comedian debuts at the Edinburgh Fringe with a show about how the aftermath of her husband’s affair from losing her stepdaughter to joining a throuple
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Get ready for a journey into the absurd with Alec Snook’s debut solo hour, “Decomposing, Live”. This unconventional comedy show takes you on a wild ride through short tales, outrageous storytelling, and absurdist detours. But don’t be fooled, there’s a poignant undercurrent to Snook’s humor. With sincere moments juxtaposed with surreal ones, this show is a joyous celebration of life’s general decline. Alec Snook’s “Decomposing, Live” will have you laughing, thinking, and maybe even shedding a tear. Head to Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters in the Wee Room to catch this one-of-a-kind show before it’s gone.
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by Mariah Girouard American comedian Jamie Lerner was always obsessed with little orphan Annie, having starred in several productions of the show itself as a kid. In F*ck Tomorrow, Jamie introduces her character to the audience through an on-screen projection of her 5-year-old self singing for the camera, showing off her “star quality” from a
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by Kim Skinner It’s noon on a suffocatingly hot and sticky Saturday in Barcelona. A smallish audience has gathered in the gratifyingly cool basement of The Comedy Clubhouse to see Fat Goose Goes Halves. Suddenly the Ski Sunday theme tune strikes up and Darren Cullen and Ewan May come barrelling into the room, boisterously shaking
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Mariah Girouard is a Barcelona-based comedian from the USA who is taking her debut solo show, Good Girl, to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in 2024. She won Barcelona’s Funniest FICer in 2022, was a semi-finalist on Romanian television’s Stand-Up Revolution, and won the Brighton Fringe Award for her split show with Jamie
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TRAUMEDY: A Guide to Being a Fabulous Homeless Addict is a true story about my journey from addiction to the life I am living now. I was not always this shiny, happy, and upbeat person my whole life, and it took a lot of work to get here. During my addiction, I lost friends, my
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