Luke Messina: IMPASTA SYNDROME Review by Alice Russo ★★★★★ The venue is full of people, the door is jammed, and some people are standing at the back. Long-time comedian Luke Messina has just turned 46, and for his birthday, he’s getting a colonoscopy. In IMPASTA SYNDROME, the self-described chubby Jew reckons with a midlife crisis […]
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‘Incorruptible’ Review by Rachel Relat ★★★★½ Welcome to Priseaux, France, in the dark times of ca. 1250 AD. And if, when I said “Priseaux,” your first reaction was a befuddled, “Where is that?” you’re not alone! In this godforsaken and forgotten monastery, the times are dark indeed. Calamities keep happening and Saint Foy, the local
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Belinda Filippelli: The Heart, Mind, C*nt Connection Review by Iain Anderson I was performing my first show of the Barcelona Fringe on November 4th, just before attending Belinda’s, but knew I wanted to catch her show. I had only ever seen very small snippets of her material at the Comedy Clubhouse and online, but even in
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Alex Jacob and Mihai Sebea: ‘Easterners’ Review by Alice Russo “An East German and a Romanian walk onto a stage …” What happens next is a truly memorable hour of comedy from two of Barcelona’s best ex-communist comrades. Alex Jacob opens with a bang for his first ever split-hour show. Alex grew up in East
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Ewan May: ‘Brian Club’ Review by Ben Pabla ★★★★★ Going by a comedian’s material alone, Ewan May is probably the most well-known comedian in Barcelona. He doesn’t need to have a huge Instagram following, doesn’t need to be out and about at every show, doesn’t need to cosy up to promoters or other big comedians,
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Tamer Kattan: ‘Alien from New York’ Review by Julie Belliveau ★★★★½ After a tricky opener’s set, Tamer Kattan walks on stage and addresses the obvious tension in the room. He takes a few minutes to observe how “punk rock” it is that people are still going to comedy shows despite all the chaos in the
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Katharyn Henson: ‘Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon’ Review by Belinda Filippelli ★★★★★ With a name like Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon, it’s hard not to be intrigued by Katharyn Henson’s show, in which she shares her experience working as a manager of a BDSM dungeon in New York City
‘Chris and Mauricio Have… QUESTIONS?’ Review by Alice Russo ★★★★ Double act Chris Groves and Mauricio Lombardi bring Chris and Mauricio Have… QUESTIONS? to the Barcelona Fringe Festival, a slight variation on their regular two-man show Two Shades of Grey. In typical Chris and Mauricio style, the show evades standard labels but can be thought
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‘Lesbian Innit?’ Review by Emily Moore ★★★★ Within less than a minute of the finale of Lesbian, Innit?, members of the small but enthusiastic crowd surrounded Barcelona-based Ben Pabla and Esther to congratulate them on their split hour’s Fringe debut. In retrospect, it was only a matter of time before someone asked: “Where’d the title
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‘Oye Yaar’ Review by Victoria Russell ★★★★½ “Oye Yaar” is a phrase that conjures the idea of a complex, organic concentrate made from turmeric, that famed Indian root with many virtues. Much like the concentrate itself, Oye Yaar at Metamorfosis is refreshing and spicy, bursting with tangy humour and vibrant energy. True to its name,
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