The Definitive Guide to Comedy
⭐⭐⭐½ This is one of those 3½-star shows that’ll earn more stars as Torres gets deeper into Fringe. It’s not not a dead parents show. But Torres, a stand-up whose TV credits include performances on both Conan and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, does take us back to his …
⭐⭐⭐½ Lads of a certain age know who Keeley Hazell is. As her show’s title (based on her 2025 memoir) lays out, Keeley was a topless Page 3 model for The Sun tabloid in the late 2000s, and a cover model several times over for the lad mag FHM. What …
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Egyptian-born, Cambridge-raised, Omar Badawy is a writer for SNL UK who’s full of LOLs such as this zinger: “Bringing an Arab Christian to your parents is like bringing Prince Andrew a 12-year-old … whiskey.” And yet his parents sent him to a Christian school. Why? When it comes to …
⭐⭐⭐½ As half of the sketch-duo Lazy Susan, Freya Parker received a Best Newcomer nomination at the Fringe in 2014. Since then, Parker has popped up all over BBC Radio, as well as onscreen in big movies such as Jurassic World: Dominion and Wonka. For her sophomore solo show at …
Chloe Radcliffe is a comedian and actress most recently seen on the big screen playing a comedian and magician opposite Will Arnett and Bradley Cooper in the film, Is This Thing On? Radcliffe is based in New York City but came up out of the Twin Cities comedy scene in …
⭐⭐⭐½ A three-ring circus confined to one ring and no rules makes Stamptown one of those unique spectacles that’ll either make you shake with laughter or merely shake your head. Sometimes both in the course of the same set piece. Zach Zucker still presides over the madcap mayhem as the …
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ “Beautiful things don’t come out of my mouth. They come into it.” That’s how Guy Branum cheekily explains why he doesn’t sing, despite being a gay man over 40. And yet, if he’s not going to sing for his supper, he doesn’t yet have a properly platformed stand-up comedy special, …
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Do you suffer from low self-esteem? “Not after tonight! We’re fixing it!” Frankie McNair is a star! Or she’s living proof of the success of following her own mindset, living life as if she has a huge ass. The Australian comedian has several live shows and TV credits to …
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ½ stars While she may have had a morbid fascination with the Titanic as a child, particularly with the bodies of the victims, and while she has more than a few fans of her ghost podcast turning up, this show isn’t as much about death and dying …
Jenny Gorelick is a comedian, author, actress and former Jersey girl based in New York City. She performs monthly at Club Cumming at her signature show Love, Sex, & Magic and played an adoring fan of “THE Che Diaz” in And Just Like That. Her personal essays and humor pieces …
