Alfie Brown
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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The theatre, comedy and dance you need to see this year
Head to this year's International Festival and Fringe with our critics' guides to all the best theatre, dance and comedy.
Veronica Lee, Bruce Dessau, Emma Byrne, Evening Standard, 2nd August 2018How the children of comedians are also jokers too
Did you hear the one about the comedian's daughter?
Kate Jackson and Emma Pietras, The Sun, 2nd August 2018The best comedy to see in Edinburgh, part two
The tricky subjects of identity politics, consent and mental health make for electric shows.
Michael Hogan & Ralph Jones, The Guardian, 22nd July 201828 of the best comedy shows at the Fringe
We took a look at the huge lineup of comedy gear at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe and selected a sample of the shows that are already tickling our tickly bits.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 20th July 2018Fringe plays host to comic dynasties
This year's Edinburgh festival features many young standups with parents - from Mark Steel to Gyles Brandreth - who blazed the same trail.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 14th July 2018Is silliness and surrealism the answer to satire?
How comedians are responding, not always effectively, to the political madness of 2017.
Martin Willis, The Independent, 27th November 2017Kate Copstick's Festival Diary: Fringe taking its toll
I am sharing a flat - and offering up The Grouchy Club, daily - with the Boswell of comedy, John Fleming, who is having a dreadful Fringe.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 20th August 2017This series sees four young comedians - Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady, Alfie Brown and Sean McLoughlin - travel around Europe doing standup, and exploring the continent their xenophobic elders are currently insisting we leave. Judging by this opener - a sojourn in Copenhagen, Denmark - it's light on the cultural analysis and heavier on the standup, with Brown delivering a funny but barely EU-relevant routine, much of it about masturbation.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 14th June 2017TV preview: Brexit Stage Left, Viceland
Given that most comedians are sticking Brexit material into their act faster than you can say "Conservative minority" it is quite canny of broadcaster Viceland to come up with the four-part Brexit Stage Left, in which a group of comics - Jamali Maddix, Alfie Brown, Fern Brady and Sean McLoughlin - travel to Europe to see what we are going to be missing in a few years and also get to do a gig.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th June 2017Alfie Brown: 'John Gordillo made me laugh so much'
The funniest stand-up I've ever seen: John Gordillo in Kentish Town. His routine about Zippos Circus made me laugh so much it became quite disruptive and hard for him to continue. I have quite an obnoxious laugh.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th May 2017