by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 18, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Review, Theatre
Former boybander and current pseudo woke modern man, Len Blanco is back for A Night with Len Blanco at the Palladium (he can’t believe it’s packed to the rafters). As a former member of pop quartet M4, he’s embarking on the chance to make right what he did...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 17, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Mental health
‘The last thing you want is a happy comedian,’ Ruffell remarks at the top of her show. While this might be true if you abide by the old ‘comedy = tragedy + time adage, Ruffell wears her happiness well. She’s energetic – infectiously so –...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 10, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Mental health, Review
One in four people have mental illness. Four in four people have mental health. In Mental, Dave Chawner recounts a time someone told him: ‘I’ve never had any mental health,’ and inspects the kind of language we use to speak about mental illness. ...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 7, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Interview, Mental health, Preview
Liza Treyger’s self-aware show, In the Weeds, is all about that early-30s moment of realisation. What’s going on, what am I doing, am I ever going to find love? We had a chat with her about addiction, confronting bad feelings and turning into...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 6, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Mental health, Review, Spoken word
‘I’m not funny enough to be a comic. I’m not serious enough to be a poet.’ Labels are troubling Dan Webber. Spoken word artist / comedian / poet. Queer / LGBTQ+. Top / bottom / twink / bear. It’s stifling. He doesn’t fit into a box,...
by Kirstyn Smith | Jul 26, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Mental health, Preview
Writing is hard. This writer knows it, other writers know it, Grace Millie knows it. But trying getting out a final draft of anything when you’ve got OCD is impossible. ‘It’s especially difficult when you’re writing about OCD and you’re trying to make sure...
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