Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 6
2018: The comedians to watch
Promoters compile Chortle's hotlist for the year ahead.
Chortle, 2nd January 2018+3 interview: Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
"...has one joke about Morrissey and then a couple dozen about the end of the world. I'm really proud of it."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 7th August 2017Christopher Macarthur-Boyd interview
"Never do admin while drunk on coconut rum."
Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 7th August 2017The Fringe hit list: comedy, music and theatre
Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the Fringe denies no-one entry.
Nadine McBay, The National (Scotland), 6th August 2017Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2016 final
Despite delivering one of the stronger line-ups in its ten-year history, the Scottish Comedian of the Year final couldn't be said to be a triumph for diversity, with the contest almost exclusively awkward young, white men lamenting their troubles with women and terrible employment prospects.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 26th November 2016Macarthur-Boyd & Mclelland: 10 Edinburgh Fringe questions
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd answers 10 questions about his 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2016Ten must see Scottish acts at Edinburgh Fringe 2016
With Edinburgh Scotland's most popular tourist destination, the locals are used to being outnumbered by sassenachs. Things get much worse at Fringe time, and it's easy to forget there are plenty of home-grown comedians to enjoy too. Here's my recommendations for ten brilliant acts who are all as Scottish as a highland terrier chewing shortbread on Loch Lomond, while a junkie shoots up, signs on, and stabs a guy in a kilt eating haggis, drinking Irn Bru and shouting "Och aye the nooooo."
Jay Islaam, The Huffington Post, 10th August 2016Glasgow collective CHUNKS crash into the Fringe
The performers behind one of the best regular comedy nights in Glasgow are staging a take-over of the Edinburgh Fringe. We ask the CHUNKS collective to plan an approved itinerary of their affiliated shows - and what they'd say about each other.
The Skinny, 4th August 2016Christopher MacArthur Boyd and Rosco Mclelland Q&A
Interview with Christopher MacArthur-Boyd and Rosco Mclelland.
Short Com, 3rd August 2016Fringe: Insider guide to the world's biggest arts fest
Top tips on events, food, travel and how to beat the crowds in Edinburgh this August.
Pamela Tulloch, STV, 30th July 2016