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Sam Eley Is Basil Crumbwick review – cantankerous cult hit brings laugh after laugh

There are shades of Vic and Bob as well as Frank Sidebottom when this embittered git with bloodshot eyes holds court

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg and Caliban’s take on The Tempest: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2025

Andrea Riseborough and Sarandon deliver a decade-hopping drama, superstar standups hit the road and Shobana Jeyasingh rewrites Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: Dead!!! (Good Fun Time) review – garish grins

After last year’s Live!!! Kent-Walters’s hilariously monstrous alter ego has returned from hell to reclaim his club from gentrifying usurper Vegas Dave

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

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Best of the fest: 10 of the best shows to catch at this year’s Edinburgh fringe

An undead club manager, sperm donor shenanigans and the pitfalls of trying to work with AI – just a few of the themes of this year’s hottest tickets

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025

Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 golden comedy shows to see this summer

Desiree Burch returns, Bridget Christie drops in and Toussaint Douglass flies while Joe Kent-Walters goes beyond the grave and Jazz Emu has a midlife crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025

Alternative comedian Joe Kent-Walters: ‘I used to do a strip tease with carrier bags’

The Yorkshire-born standups’s surreal take on a working men’s club has bagged him comedy awards and a BBC radio pilot. But even as he dreams of a Mrs Merton-style talkshow, he’s still insistent on keeping things surreal

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Double win for Yorkshire in Edinburgh comedy awards

Hull’s Amy Gledhill wins best show and Huddersfield’s Joe Kent-Walters named best newcomer, with Rob Copland winning Victoria Wood award

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

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Edinburgh fringe comedy 2024 week two roundup: I’ve seen 50 shows but am I laughing?

Debuts rich in neurodiversity and self-analysis jostle for attention at this year’s festival with a beloved grandma, the Russian elite and a misguided attempt at an apology

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024: all of the stand-out shows (so far) from this year's comedy festival

From Anna Akana’s dark successor to Baby Reindeer, to Sarah Keyworth’s warmly witty exploration of gender identity, there’s plenty to love at this year’s Fringe

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024

Joe Kent-Walters Is Frankie Monroe: Live!!! review – one hell of a host

The BBC New Comedy award-winner resurrects a cadaver of an idea as a Rotherham working men’s club MC with a devilish twist

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024

Edinburgh festival 2024: six of the funniest comedians at the fringe

Looking for rising stars this summer? Try some gossipy standup, an end-of-the-pier homage and a ‘gay witch sex cult’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

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