BCG Daily Sunday 14th July 2024
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Danny Dyer on family, royalty and his tough guy image
Danny Dyer is working-class actor with royal blood in his veins, a tough guy in a pink dressing gown, a tearaway who's embraced family life... He talks about where it all went right.
Eva Wiseman, The Observer, 14th July 2024Changing Ends Series 2 review
Alan Carr's sitcom isn't edgy - it's delightful.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 14th July 202410 Cabarets to see at the Edinburgh Fringe this year
I hold out hope that the Fringe emerges from its current difficulties stronger than ever, and in the meantime, here are ten cabaret shows I'm looking forward to this Fringe.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 14th July 2024Live comedy in UK has become serious business
Researchers say stand-up's contribution is unsung, and hope findings will help to bolster the industry's credibility.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 14th July 2024Rob Beckett abandons his family holiday in Greece to fly to Euro 2024 final
Rob Beckett has abandoned his family holiday in Greece to fly to Germany for the hotly-anticipated Euro 2024 final between England and Spain on Sunday.
Codie Bullen, Daily Mail, 14th July 2024Alan Carr on making more Changing Ends and when the show should end
Carr explained that while he hopes for more series, he doesn't see the show running indefinitely.
James Hibbs, Radio Times, 14th July 2024Stewart Lee: The Tory gravy train's left town - but it's got all my best gags on board
The Conservatives were a joke that just kept giving but where do the next four years of funny come from?
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 14th July 2024Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em stage show review
The sexual politics may be antediluvian, but you can't fault the farce in a fresh stage adaptation of the classic Michael Crawford sitcom.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 14th July 2024Matt Forde on Anas Sarwar, the SNP and how surviving cancer has given him fresh joy for the Fringe
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is the comedian's favourite to impersonate.
Hannah Rodger, Daily Record, 14th July 2024On the Mic Picks: Marc Burrows
Terry Pratchett is a legend of comic fantasy literature. If you agree go see this show.
On The Mic, 14th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)
"Sardines is a solo comedy about all the people that have died in my life, and whether or not making a comedy about that subject can help you feel better about it. It's an absolute barrel of laughs!"
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 14th July 2024Theatre At The Fringe - Good Luck, Cathrine Frost!
"Good luck, Cathrine Frost! tells my own story, my urge to have a child, and my encounter with the world after I became a mother."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 14th July 2024Theatre At The Fringe - KAREN
"I took KAREN to the Fringe last year and performed for 2 weeks in the Willow Studio at Greenside Riddles Court."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 14th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Will BF: The Last Gun
"For The Last Gun, it was basically: how could I make the most ridiculous western."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 14th July 2024Theatre At The Fringe - Psychobitch
"Psychobitch is a one woman show that tells the story of Anya Samuel, an overachieving journalist who has perpetual levels of excellence and nil levels of chill."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 14th July 2024Stuart McPherson review
"What if Lizzo was a wee Scottish guy?"
Little Lark of London, 14th July 2024Showstopper! The Improvised Musical review
As reviewing goes, it's a difficult task, because any version of the show you might subsequently see will bear no resemblance whatsoever to what I saw. However, what I can say is that any slips or mispronunciations don't create a second of "cringe" on stage - they're just promptly woven into the narrative, with hilarious results.
Rachael Duggan, British Theatre Guide, 14th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Reels of Regret: Confessions of a Failed Filmmaker
"A great festival has top tier talent, walkability, and cheap accommodation."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 14th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe preview: River Time
Laura Thurlow brings her new show, River Time, to Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
Louise Penn, LouReviews, 14th July 2024Interview with comedian, actor, and writer Stephen Mullan
"We humans just keep going heartbreak after heartbreak, it's great and devastating in equal measures and of course it's also very funny."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 14th July 2024Interview with magician Sam Hume, managing director of Showmen Productions
"Children and inebriated adults share a lot of similarities, and you know pretty quickly if you've chosen someone to come up who is going to be a bit of a loose cannon!"
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 14th July 2024Interview with comedian and actor Otter Lee
"I had an audience member come out as bisexual publicly during one of my sets, then ask me out during my set. The actual date we went on was pretty meh, but... it's a very big and flattering vote of confidence."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 14th July 2024Interview with Natasha Pearl Hansen, comedian and startup founder
"A couple came up to us after the show and shared with us that they had recently lost their child, and that we made them laugh for the first time in months, and that they were just so grateful. I went to the bathroom and just sobbed."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 14th July 2024Stuffed: Horrifying comedy on food banks coming to Edinburgh Fringe
With millions of people in the UK in desperate need of emergency food parcels, the need for food banks tripling in the last few years, and this demand outpacing the supply, one play explores this crisis in its own harrowing and comedic way.
Alasdair Ferguson, The National (Scotland), 14th July 2024Matt Forde back at Edinburgh Fringe a year after finding out he had deadly rare cancer
'You're told you need major surgery, which is such a surreal thing. It's almost like knowing you're going to be in a car crash on a specific date'.
Matt Bendoris, The Scottish Sun, 14th July 2024