The Definitive Guide to Comedy
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Paddy Young is an undeniable star now. “I used to dream of playing rooms like this,” he says during one late-night set this month at Pleasance Grand. And yet he still has to deal with rejection, whether it’s the couple who got up to leave 15 minutes into his …
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Daran “Jonno” Johnson is no stranger to the Fringe as one-third of the sketch trio Sheeps. But it’s kind of a big deal for Jonno to go solo this year. Not just because he tells us he hasn’t done a solo show, and especially not as a stand-up, in …
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 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 …
