Press clippings
ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards winners
Elf Lyons: Horses has been named Best Show in the 2024 Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2024ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns with Jones Bootmaker sponsor
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have confirmed details of their return at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a new cash sponsor.
British Comedy Guide, 29th July 2024Comedy picks to help you get the best out of the Fringe
Every year, Paul Levy asks me for a list of the top ten 'must-see' comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe. This year there are 1,520 comedy shows to see. Working through the list, it is clear that ten isn't going to do it.
Fringe Review, 21st July 2024Nathan Cassidy accidentally smashes his own watch on stage
It happened at the Camden Comedy Club in London after Nathan Cassidy had become embroiled in a conversation with someone in the audience whose job was to make sales calls to conference attendees. The tedious nature of the business caused another punter to check their watch, causing the comic to tap his with the microphone in mimicry.
Chortle, 7th January 2024(Ish) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 results
The inaugural (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards, the prizes organised by a team of volunteers, have named Julia Masli and Paul Foot as Best Show winners, Dan Tiernan and Fiona Ridgewell as Best Newcomers, and A Show for Gareth Richards as their Panel Prize winner.
British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2023Nathan Cassidy has to perform by phone light after tech fails
Talk about irony. Midway through a stand-up show called Amnesia last night, all the lights went out.
Chortle, 5th August 2023Joe Angella's Comedy Choices for Edfringe 2023
Here is my no-nonsense list of shows to see in the "comedy" category at Ed Fringe.
Joe Angella, Fringe Review, 3rd August 2023Edinburgh 2023: pick of the programme - Pay What You Can
Free Fringe/pay-what-you-can shows typically mean that the acts don't have to pay a huge venue registration fee which makes it a lot more achievable to fund an Edinburgh run.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 21st June 2023Nathan Cassidy offers charity donations in return for Edinburgh publicity
He has emailed members of the press with the following: "if you/your publication review or preview my Edinburgh shows this year I'll give The Alzheimer's Society £50 per article/review up to £500. My family have been very affected by dementia in recent years, so what better way to tug at the heart strings of the press than with this selfless gesture?! Even if you just mention what I'm doing here with this shameless publicity stunt that's £50 to The Alzheimer's Society. Thank you very much!"
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th June 2023Nathan Cassidy interview
Well, it's funny, I never plan to do any stunts, I genuinely want it all to be about the shows, I'm all about the stand-up. I just get bored and things come to me.
On The Mic, 24th June 2022