Saddling up to make her debut this year, Lil Wenker gives Pepper&Salt some insight into her new clown comedy, BANGTAIL, Alan himself and her clowning journey to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Cowboys and Offices: Interview with Lil Wenker
Jamie Finn: Nobody’s Talking About Jamie (Taylor’s Version)
Friendship break-ups are more common than we think and we don’t talk about them. In Nobody’s Talking About Jamie (Taylor’s Version) Jamie Finn blows the lid on this topic and brings it into the light (onstage), and explores the idea how someone can be the most important part of your life to suddenly not having a role in it.
Grace Campbell Is On Heat
There is a catharsis in watching comedy, to watching live performance. Grace Campbell Is On Heat is one such show, where her compelling storytelling and performance drives this hour, where she opens up and reflects about her experience having an abortion, the process and the aftermath that she was left to deal with.
Rachel Fairburn: Side-Eye
It’s hard to know what to expect from character comedy, but there’s something about Rachel Fairburn’s Side-Eye that is just really satisfying to watch. Maybe it’s the gossip, maybe it’s the drama, maybe it’s just watching some terrible people be terrible, who knows, but Fairburn’s writing and development of these characters is exquisite.
Celya AB: Of All People
Queen of the one-liner, Celya AB wields the craft of comedy incredibly well, really an understatement in its self. With a total of 100 jokes going at a rate of 16p, Of All People is another example of how she has claimed her crown and an example of the versatility of her mastery over the stand-up art form. At 16p a joke, we more than get our money’s worth.
Katie Pritchard: I Kiss The Music
Live from the World Arena Tour, Katie Pritchard’s I Kiss The Music is a delightfully silly show that uses character and musical comedy to take us into a world with nonsensical catch-phrases, countless body rolls and a pink poncho.
Alex Prescot: I’ve Got A Song About That
They say the early bird gets the worm, and the worm in this case is Alex Prescot’s I've Got a Song About That, an absolutely delightful, light stand-up show full of music, laughter and good times where he proves that he absolutely does have a song about just about anything.
Kevin James Doyle: After Endgame
Kevin James Doyle’s After Endgame is a humorous storytelling show, where he centers a personal anecdote from which all his tangents and chess lessons spring from (as well as some insight into statistics).
Alexandra Haddow: Third Party
It’s not 100% clear how or why Alexandra Haddow defines Third Party the way that she does, but the way that she does it is quite reductive to a point. This show covers two different parts of comedy - political and personal - where one topic is exponentially and noticeably better than the other.
Pierre Novellie: Must We?
In Pierre Novellie’s Must We? we are once more treated to an acerbic dissection of societal phenomena, which is then mixed in with the odd deprecating observation. Novellie has a way of raising flags about things in a way that makes us consider them from a new angle that means we will never look at that object or consider something the same way again.
