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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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Aarian Mehrabani: How’s Your Head?
★★★★ We’re no strangers to the work of Aarian Mehrabani. As a theatre-maker with Flawbored, we nominated It’s a MotherF**king Pleasure back in 2023. It’s Mehrabani’s theatre background that shapes…
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The Extraordinary Life of a Rat Racer
★★★★ Chiara Fumanti and Andrea Guerini’s darkly comic theatre piece asks us if we ‘ever wondered what the person next to us is thinking?’ A dangerous question to ask at…
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Tarang Hardikar: If I’m Not Wrong
★★★★ I was slightly late for Tarang’s show, but he didn’t waste the comic opportunity, asking the audience to indulge him while he fastidiously summarised what I had missed. The…
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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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A Different Kind of Heartbreak
★★★ Let me caveat everything I’m about to say with the simple that Athanasia Kontou is awesome, and a refreshing talent. She’s constructed an original hour that takes us through the…
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Joe Tracini: Ten Things I Hate About Me
★★★★★ It’s something of miracle what Joe Tracini achieves in his hour. To take one of the most stigmatised and misunderstood mental health conditions, Borderline Personality Disorder; and give an…
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PALESTINE: PEACE DE RESISTANCE
★★★★★ I have seen a lot of standing ovations this fringe and very few have been warranted but it is unclear what else to do after Palestine: Peace de Resistance.…