Adam Kay

Seven musical comedians you really should see

Go ahead and forget everything you know about musical comedy -- we're not talking Grease, Moulin Rouge or even La La Land.

Fings from the Fringe

Well, who doesn't love an alliterative title? And titles, when it comes to Edinburgh Fringe, can make or break you. Likewise your publicity image. Does it draw people in? What kind of people? And does it accurately represent what you do? Some of the biggest disappointments aren't because a show is bad, but because it's not what it promised.

Political comedy isn't dead

Serious issues are back on the stand-up agenda. Here are the Fringe's hottest topics.

Rarely asked questions: Adam Kay

Adam Kay is no slouch. The former doctor will be performing two shows a day at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The 50 best shows to see at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival

From Alistair McGowan to Youssou N'Dour - our critics pick the 50 gigs guaranteed to make Edinburgh rock.

Onion at the Fringe: Adam Kay

Up next is former Mongrels and Crims writer, and musical comedian extraordinaire Adam Kay, who is performing his own show Fingering A Minor on the Piano and a tribute show, The Remains of Tom Lehrer, throughout the Fringe for good measure. Our editor, Paul Holmes, takes up the cause...

Comedian's 'porn site' blocked

Comic and ex-doctor Adam Kay was surprised to discover that his website www.amateurtransplants.com, where people buy tickets from, has been classified by the NHS as pornography and blocked.

Adam Kay interview

In 'blag a comedy expert' 37 we welcome a genuine industry expert in the form of human funnyman Adam Kay.

Review - Bramall Hall Comedy Night: 9th April 2015

This week welcomed the sixth instalment of the University of Birmingham's comedy night with David Morgan, James Dowdeswell and Adam Kay performing.

If you like that joke [about masturbation], then you'll enjoy the wanking rota in Crims. This new sitcom is set in a young offenders' institution where Luke and Jason (Elis James and Kadiff Kirwan) have lately been banged up. The main joke is that Luke, wrongfully imprisoned, is eager to stay out of trouble but can't help incurring the wrath of both staff and inmates while also worrying about his faithless girlfriend. James is a likeable presence, and despite looking about 10 years too old for the role, finds different ways to play panic, fear and anxiety.

The script is by Adam Kay and Dan Swimer, whose basic premise has more going for it than Cockroaches and yet, with the fusillade of gags about bodily fluids, body parts and sexual incontinence, it feels as if the bar has been set too low. It's no excuse pinning the blame on the BBC Three demographic. This was the channel which proved with Gavin & Stacey that it knows how to involve organs not located in the underwear region, such as the brain and the heart. Winston Stanley Fletcher can rest easy in his grave.