Points of view: theatre, comedy and news
Starting as an off-beat and innocent comedy show that could be mistaken for stand-up, Rhys Darby’s The Legend Returns quickly devolves into unmitigated and hilarious chaos, covering everything from the feud between Australia and New Zealand to the next Olympics and the dangers of AI.
It is that time of year again to contemplate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in John Tothill’s new hour, This Must Be Heaven to the point of academic dissection.
Whatever we may have been expecting from Glenn Moore’s new hour, Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore, our expectations are far exceeded by what we bear witness to onstage. It’s certainly a frenetic and intense hour where Moore pushes what is possible from a comedy show to the extreme, to the point where it becomes everything that we may want from a comedy show.
It’s the feelings of community, support and warmth - in addition to laughter - that are evoked over the course of this show that prove that Helen Bauer is a comedic machine. It is virtually impossible to have a bad time with her at the helm. Bless Her is an hour of transcendental comedy where Bauer both celebrates and critiques the idea of self love, using everything we know and love about her comedy whilst showcasing how she’s grown as a performer, comedian and writer.
For all intents and purposes, the morning is quite a jarring time for comedy. Alex Prescot’s Cosy may just be the exception that proves the rule, providing the blueprint for how stand-up can still be enjoyable before midday as long as it follows the same general rules of a children's show; light, wholesome and plenty of music.
Pepper&Salt chats to Lulu Popplewell about her sophomore Fringe hour, Love Love, and all that the show encompasses, the meaning of love and the forms that Popplewell explores over the course of the show.
In the run-up to the Fringe, Andy Barr took a moment to answer some questions from Pepper&Salt about ‘The Hotly-Anticipated 4th Debut Hour from Rising Star, Andy Barr’, his new show. This hotly anticipated interview covers Barr’s new show, character comedy and what it is like to procrastinate your Edinburgh Fringe debut.
Matt Winning is set to bring his show, Solastalgia, to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. Here he joins Pepper&Salt to talk about his new show comedic storytelling, his solution to climate change and the -potentially - unsung heroes of solving it.
Pepper&Salt speaks to Tamsyn Kelly about her new Edinburgh Fringe hour, Hot Titty Bungalow, and to get more qualitative information to once and for all settle the Edinburgh - Glasgow Rivalry. Featuring, the quintessential Glasgow experience and what it is like to strike out West on your own.
Bean - Spiller and Gigglemug-er, Alex Prescot, his new brings show, ‘Cosy’, to the Edinburgh Fringe. Before doing so, Prescot chats to Pepper&Salt about making his comedy debut, building an audience - interaction based show and the theory behind musical improv.
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