Jay Richardson
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Angela Barnes: Fortitude preview
With her personal insecurities dovetailing neatly with her wider social observations, this assured act is a deceptively skilled writer and always agreeable company.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Barry Crimmins: Atlas's Knees preview
Having helped to establish the artform of stand-up in America with his political activism and anger, the sexual abuse victim has been a dogged pursuer of paedophiles, with his fury channelled through his comedy.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy preview
Running alongside his work in animation and children's shows, Howard Read has been entertaining adults at the Fringe for more than 15 years, invariably with his animated sidekick, six-year-old Little Howard in tow.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Carl Donnelly: The Nutter on the Bus
How often do you get to see a double Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comic, signed to a big agency, performing in an intimate, 45-seater venue?
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Chris Kent: Moving On preview
Since he began focusing on single narrative shows, Irish stand-up Chris Kent has really found his métier, giving his surreality-tinged storytelling a feeling of consequence and jeopardy that really draws the listener in.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Colin Hoult/Anna Mann in How we Stop the Fascists
Colin Hoult's flamboyant thespian alter-ego Anna Mann recently made her television debut in a romantic, Valentine's Day short for Sky Arts.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Dane Baptiste G.O.D. (Gold. Oil. Drugs.) preview
Since becoming the first Black British act to be nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, Baptiste has landed his own, semi-autobiographical sitcom, Sunny D, on BBC Three.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience preview
Back in bad taste and as mischievous as ever, The Doug Anthony's comeback was arguably the event of last year's festival.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Hannah Gadsby - Nanette preview
Hannah Gadsby had the most talked about show at this year's Melbourne Festival, winning the Barry Award for an hour that she claims will be the last she ever performs, offering even more of an incentive to snap up a ticket in Edinburgh.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017Ivan Brackenbury preview
After an exceptionally long development process, Tom Binns' range of cartoonish characters finally landed their own television vehicle, appearing in BBC One's Hospital People earlier this year.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 20th July 2017