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My Mother’s Funeral: The Show
★★★★★ The two main themes for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, according to journalists who don’t see shows, were the ‘saturation of shows about trauma’ and ‘what can we do to…
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Hannah Gadsby: Woof!
★★★★★ I often refer to Hannah Gadsby as ‘our autistic Pope’, because I feel their mix of detail about the absurdity of the human condition mixed with a befuddled expression,…
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Love Beyond
★★★★★ Like many other audience members, I left this show in tears. I had been swept away by the dark and emotive reflections of the past hour and stepping back…
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Barbara Fernandez: Singing, Sagging and Shagging
★★★ Barbara has always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. And now in her sixth decade she’s been living her dream. Her show isn’t just stand-up, but in fact a…
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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…
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How Ableism Took Over the Edinburgh Fringe
It would be amusing if it wasn't so disturbing. That many journo's and reviewers at this year's Fringe, have made the observation that there are 'suddenly a load of shows…
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Zac Zac Zoom: A Story of Wheels and (F)eels
★★★ Zachary Loram’s DIY musical is a charming and entertaining riposte to the way disabled people are made to present themselves for an audience. Starting with a very silly song…
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The Spilling Cup
★★★ Hannah Mary Taylor’s performance as Sasha is mesmerising. She is an earthy performer that encapsulates the roller-coaster of emotion and pain her character goes through. Dracume Theatre have…
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Alex Mitchell: Tics Towards Puffection
★★★★ For someone who had never watched Britain’s Got Talent, I came to Mitchell’s comedy fresh. But I can see why they made it to the final. With an energy…
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Mark Nicholas: This Is Not the Autistic You Are Looking For
★★★★ I feel it takes an autistic reviewer to fully appreciate an autistic stand-up, and the reason is simple. There are so many details to Nicholas’s hour that will be…