Articles by Dawn Kofie

Adam Hills: Clown Heart

If you like your comedy dark and edgy then walk away my friend, Adam Hills is not for you.

Jena Friedman: American C*nt

Some show titles aim to tease, titillate or intrigue but American Cunt, the name of US comic Jena Friedman’s Edinburgh Fringe debut, is a proud, badge-wearing member of the let’s-c…

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.

Underwhelmed

Twayna Mayne’s default setting is overwhelmingly unimpressed.

Funmbi Omotayo: Legal Immigrant

It’s hard not to like Funmbi Omotayo.

Upstairs Downton – The Improvised Episode

Upstairs Downton – The Improvised Episode opens with the ordinarily subdued theme tune to ITV’s massively popular period drama, Downton Abbey, played on kazoos and a recorder.

Othello: An All-Female Production

Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare.

Diary of a Dating Addict

‘Finding a partner’s like finding a job: you’ve got to put the work in’, says Maddy Anholt, and she would know.

Andrew Doyle: Minimalism!

There’s more than a touch of Stewart Lee when it comes to Andrew Doyle’s comedic concerns.

Close Up

You’d usually associate interacting with the audience with stand ups, pantomime and magicians specialising in card tricks.

RUN

In 2013, 21-year-old Moritz Erhardt, an intern at an investment bank, was found dead in his London flat after working for 72 hours without any sleep.

Luke Toulson: Grandpa, Hitler and Me

Luke Toulson’s grandfather was a Royal Engineer during World War Two who served in France, North Africa and the Middle East.

Wasted

Emma (Serena Jennings) and Oli (Will Merrick) meet on a chaotic, booze-fuelled night out.

Nina Conti: In Your Face

It’s a brave soul who chooses to sit in the front row of In Your Face, Nina Conti’s latest helping of deconstructive ventriloquism.

Fills Monkey: Incredible Drum Show

Sebastien Rambaud and Yann Coste’s Incredible Drum Show thoroughly deserves its seemingly immodest title.

Nathan Caton: Straight Outta Middlesex

Once he gets going, Nathan Caton’s anecdotes and stories are funny, clever and a pleasure to listen to.

Rob Delaney: Meat Tour

Review
★★★
Dawn Kofie
Edinburgh
The Stand
3rd Jul, 2015

In the UK, the hirsute bear of a man that is US comic Rob Delaney is probably better known for being the Comedy King of Twitter (and for starring alongside Sharon Horgan in Chann…

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