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The Great ADHD Myth?
NO ★ The question-mark in the title of Channel 4's, 'documentary' is the closest you'll get to an attempt at balance. I also put 'documentary' in inverted commas, because this…
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Sam Morrison: DUCK
★★★ There’s that quote by George Bernard Shaw “The U.K and America are two countries separated by a common language", well he said England, but I’m paraphrasing. I’m always mesmerised…
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Katie Boyle: Irish Immigrant
★★★★★ There’s this tense moment seconds into a stand-up hour, where the comedian drops their first joke. It sets the tone for the show, introduces us to the comedian, and…
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Aidan Greene: Stuttermilk Pancakes
★★★★ When disabled comedy acts are promoted, the media will often lead with the disability, not the comedy. Aidan Greene explains that when he’s interviewed, he’s a ‘human interest story’…
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Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x
★★★★★ OMG! Alex Franklin, where have you been all my life! At first glance, Franklin gives the energy of many Gen Z stand-ups, knowingly egotistical in a funny, Tik-Tok, meta…
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Alice-India: See You In Hell
★★★★★ Alice-India states she* gives off ‘Catholic energy’, but she makes clear she's actually just a people pleaser. They recently went through a break-up. He used to work in marketing,…
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1290.5 Steps to Autistic Success – Kittenageddon (Sidequests and Buffering)
★★★★ 1290.5 Steps to Autistic Success – Kittenageddon (Sidequests and Buffering) is AuDHD comedian Stags Woodward’s latest Edinburgh fringe offering. It is a joyous, low-key gig in which Stags appears…
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Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatterbrain
★★★★ ‘If you don’t know, this is a show about ADHD’, Khorsandi states at the top of the show, prompting some murmurs from the Radio 4 ready audience. Luckily, Shappi…
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A Stan is Born!
★★★ A melodic voice plays over the speakers, so obviously a mum talking sweetly about their baby, clapping along to her singing, and only 8 months old! This baby musical…
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Naughty or Neurodiverse – Magic from Another Planet
★★★★ The usual preserve of the contemporary magician, is to showboat, to give razzamatazz and lead the endless misdirection around the tricks they do. Angus Baskerville is singularly different. Rather…