British Comedy Guide
Kate Copstick
Kate Copstick

Kate Copstick

  • Scottish
  • Actor, writer and journalist

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Glenn Wool: Like a Pit Pony Descending into Darkness

Glenn Wool is just about the best thing to come out of Canada after maple syrup and Ryan Reynolds.

Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 4th August 2023

Craig Hill: I Loved Being A Hairdresser

When a conversation starts with East Kilbride's most adored and adorable son crooning Someone To Watch Over Me at you, you know everything is going to be ok. And indeed, it is.

Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 3rd August 2023

I Was the Virgin Mary

Alison Spittle is kicking things off rather well this Fringe.

Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 2nd August 2023

The Fringe: The new obsession with self-obsession is no ticket for great comedy

Kate Copstick fears the comedy at this year's Fringe just won't be funny or bold enough given the new obsession with self-obsession.

Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 14th June 2023

Donors replace the £8,500 critic Kate Copstick lost in violent mugging

Supporters including Jason Manford and Michael McIntyre - and dozens of other well-wishers - have now made up the loss... and then some.

Chortle, 5th September 2022

Crowdfunder set up after critic & charity director Kate Copstick mugged

Television presenter, writer, critic, director, producer and charity director Kate Copstick was attacked in the street on Saturday (3rd September) by muggers who stole the £8,500 in cash that she was taking home from the charity shop she runs in Shepherd's Bush, ahead of flying to Kenya to help women in need via her charity Mama Biashara.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th September 2022

2022 Malcolm Hardee Awards winners revealed

The winners of The Malcolm Hardee Awards for the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe have been announced.

British Comedy Guide, 27th August 2022

Kate Copstick: "This is a frightened Fringe. And that is unacceptable."

The Scotsman comedy critic on the Jerry Sadowitz controversy and why the Fringe shouldn't be aligning itself with corporate values.

Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 19th August 2022

Dave Johns: This is the show I've always wanted to do

Dave Johns is the personification of the spirit of the Fringe and proof positive that magic can happen here in Edinburgh, according to Guy Masterson, who directed him in 2003, in a career changing series of acting roles kicking off with Angry Man No 6, in 12 Angry Men.

Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 13th August 2022

Simon Fanshawe: Transwomen are transwomen

I am all for people trying to find themselves. I just wish men weren't finding themselves in women's spaces.

Kate Copstick, Entertainment Now, 12th August 2022

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