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Edinburgh Fringe 2024: Unmissable Acts and Shows
One of the great joys of the Edinburgh Fringe is the return of great artists and wonderful shows. It's a chance to catch fabulous talents you've missed before or to see performers you love rustle up something new. In no particular order, here's a list of acts theQR loves heading back to Edinburgh this year.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 2nd July 2024Post Office Scandal musical axed due to Paula Vennells "sensitivities"
Post Office Scandal The Musical, the latest show from The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, has been cancelled at the Bedfringe comedy festival because of the event's ties to disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells.
British Comedy Guide, 31st May 2024Paul Foot review
Personal show from the absurdist comic.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 19th February 2024Paul Foot review
At a time when every comedian, it seems, is talking about their mental health challenges on stage, along comes Paul Foot to buck the trend. And not for the first time, given that 'peculiar outsider' has always been his position.
Chortle, 19th February 2024Paul Foot review
The theme, hammers home Paul Foot - in a pounding prelude to Dissolve, in which he charges from table to table spouting some garbled metaphor that he himself hates about a berry-scoffing bird - is change.
Will Noble, Londonist, 16th February 2024Chortle Awards 2024 nominees announced
Julia Masli, Ian Smith, Ahir Shah, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Paddy Young and Sam Campbell are amongst the comedians nominated in the 2024 Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2024Paul Foot review
The confidence and sparkle that make Paul Foot one of country's greatest comedians also make him a fantastic storyteller.
Cameron Wright, Narc Magazine, 24th October 2023Paul Foot @ The Stand, Glasgow, 8 Oct
Dissolve is a multifaceted, uplifting show about recovery that invites its audiences to revel in its conclusion.
Yasmin Hackett, The Skinny, 13th October 2023My comedy hero: Paul Foot on Connie Booth
The surrealist comedy master tells us why Connie Booth, the co-creator of Fawlty Towers, should in the pantheons of comic genius.
Paul Foot, The List, 2nd October 2023(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 2023