Elliot Steel: Love and Hate Speech – Review
First impressions of Elliot Steel aren’t always the most correct, he lets us know modestly upon taking to the stage....
Victoria Nangle is an arts journalist, reviewer, columnist and celebrity interviewer in print, radio and television, specialising specifically in comedy for over 15 years, but not exclusive to it. She was previously editor of Latest 7 magazine, and has worked for Beyond The Joke, Chortle, The Argus, Brighton Journal, Viva, FringeGuru, FringeReview, amongst others. In 2019 the Komedia New Comedy Award was launched in association with Victoria Nangle and comedy club Comic Boom.
First impressions of Elliot Steel aren’t always the most correct, he lets us know modestly upon taking to the stage....
At the very top of ‘Banglord’ Hagen declares it to be a show about sexual frustration. Kudos to her for...
Mark Thomas is on the floor, curling up in the foetal position crying out an expletive in emotional agony. He...
You’d do well to wager that no other show in this Edinburgh Fringe begins with an improvised wedding between an...
Throwing himself about the room with no tell as to his recent back injury save the announcement at the top...
Reclining on a stonework makeshift chaise lounge, Scott of musical-comedy-poetry duo Fever Peach is the very picture of aloofness as...
The stage is a cornucopia of literature. Swirls of books on cookery, philosophy, Moomintrolls and ancient enticing comics balance precariously...
Likeable and laidback, Petts saunters onto stage taking ownership of her audience – and then, like an angry boss, proceeds...
Blindly feeling his way on to the stage in a mask in a parody of the pretentious Artist, Seymour Mace...
Njambi McGrath is warm and welcoming, just like the Kenya of her childhood. Stunning vistas, terrifying wildlife, and frequently defined...