Graham Kay: “Pete and Me” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by ⭐⭐⭐½ Born in Ottawa but based in New York City, Graham Kay is clearly still very much a Canadian at heart. That’d likely be true …
Kevin James Doyle: “After Endgame” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐ Netflix made chess thrilling and seductive during the pandemic with The Queen’s Gambit. Kevin James Doyle’s show can’t hope to compete with that. Nor …
Alice Snedden: “Highly Credible” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Alice Snedden’s new hour, her first Fringe show since before the pandemic, stands in stark contrast to the hours that precede her in the …
Ashley Gavin: “My Therapist Is Dying” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ NYC-based stand-up Ashley Gavin warns us early on that she knows she looks ridiculous when she cries as well as just how she dresses …
Anna Akana: “It Gets Darker” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Actress Anna Akana has more than 2.8 million YouTube subscribers (and an additional 1.5 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram), and her first …
Catherine McCafferty: “(Not) That Bad” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “If it’s not content, then why did it happen?” That’s a pithy way for someone who has grown up in the social media age …
Veronica Osorio as “Medicine Woman” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ There’s something extra ominous about being led through a bar into a dark, damp cave as the clock approaches midnight, receiving a wooden percussive …
Ian Lockwood: “The Farewell Tour” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Lots of Fringe shows this month employ songs of the summer from Chappell Roan and Charli XCX to hype up the crowds and themselves. …
Elf Lyons: “Horses” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who wouldn’t want to see “the first ever comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performed entirely by a horse.” Then you encounter Emily-Anne …
Episode #461: PunchUp Live’s Danny Frenkel and Alex Dajani
The state of the comedy industry, like most everything else in 2024, feels very much in flux. Danny Frenkel and Alex Dajani have seen firsthand …