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The shows that might raise heckles during the Edinburgh Festivals

EVERY Edinburgh festival season has at least one cause célèbre. Which is exactly as it should be.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29, 2023

‘Our red line is: are they funny?’: free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence

Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

Jerry Sadowitz on his Edinburgh ban: ‘Cancel culture isn’t a culture. It’s a diktat that’s been imposed on us’

When his show was pulled this summer over reports of nudity, sexism and racism, it caused a furore. In his first major interview since, the comedian explains why he will never tone down his splenetic act

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

Comedian's Lanarkshire show WILL go ahead despite being cancelled at Fringe amid claims of racism and flashing

Jerry Sadowitz is due to play at Hamilton Town House on October 7

Daily Record · Aug 17, 2022

Jerry Sadowitz doing voiceover work at Fringe following show cancellation

JERRY Sadowitz is back doing voiceover work at the Edinburgh Fringe following the cancellation of his show at The Pleasance Theatre.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 17, 2022

Who went too far: Jerry Sadowitz or those who cancelled his Edinburgh fringe show?

Questions of free speech offer no simple answers, but it’s clear that this is a watershed moment in comedy, says Guardian comedy critic Brian Logan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Jerry Sadowitz hits back at Edinburgh Fringe after his show is pulled over racism claims

Controversial Scottish comic Jerry Sadowitz hit back at venue staff and audience members who he says didn't take the time to listen to his material before being offended by it

Daily Mirror · Aug 16, 2022

'It’s an asset for my comedy:' The Scots comic talking about blindness in his new show

SCOTTISH comedian Jamie MacDonald says he is using his blindness as an “asset” in his run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. 

The National (Scotland) · Aug 16, 2022

Angry Jerry Sadowitz pulled from Edinburgh Fringe lineup for ‘extreme’ racism, sexism

Comedian Jerry Sadowitz does not approve of a Scottish venue’s decision to remove him from the Edinburgh Fringe festival lineup amid allegations of “extreme” racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 15, 2022

Jerry Sadowitz hits back after show cancelled: ‘My act is being cheapened’

Comedian says his show ‘is what it is, for those who enjoy it,’ after complaints at Edinburgh fringe

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022