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Laughing on the other side: the fringe shows turning painful breakups into comedy

Whether Elf Lyons’ high-concept Hollywood throwback, Kate Dehnert’s disorientating rave or Ele McKenzie’s Bob Dylan fantasy, heartbreak fuels fine humour at the festival

The Guardian - UK

My London: Sally Phillips

Actor Sally Phillips dines on beds of moss at Ekstedt at The Yard, dates in Richmond Park and adores Elf Lyons

Evening Standard

Show me the funny: essential comedy at Edinburgh fringe 2026

Elf Lyons mixes humour and heartbreak, Frank Skinner works the crowd, Kristen Schaal returns with a secret – and one man sings the same song over and over again

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Artists at Melbourne International Comedy Festival are asking: what does it mean to be a comedian?

“Don’t worry, I’m not here to buy your properties,” He Huang deadpans at the start of her Melbourne International Comedy Festival opening night set. Huang tells a series of jokes carefully calibrated for white Australian audiences: all Asians look the same to her; all the signs in Melbourne’s CBD are…

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Elf Lyons: Horses review – playful clip-clop through equine culture

Part-clown, part-mime and part overgrown child, Lyons leads us through mythic history to reconnect with a lost world of imagination

The Guardian - UK

From Killers of the Flower Moon to the Streets: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Martin Scorsese’s latest epic about bad men doing bad things, or Mike Skinner’s languid rap alter ego, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Elf and Duffy: Heist review – harum-scarum comedy havoc

This part-improvised, largely mimed and entirely chaotic comic play about guinea pigs and bank robbery is ramshackle fun

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Elf Lyons: Raven review – fierce and funny fright-night

Lyons raises her personal demons so she can publicly refuse to play by their rules in this complex comedy-horror crossover

The Guardian - UK

‘Horror and comedy were a saving grace’: facing her anger gave Elf Lyons the last laugh

Scary movies can exorcise the audience’s own demons but silliness can also help you process rage, says the comedian

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