Kevin Ibbotson-Wight
@weaklemondrink
Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.
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Other Articles: 319
Band Together
Community band comedy-drama borders on the overfamiliar but is undeniably rather lovely
Alexandra Haddow
‘I’m trying to… take an optimistic take on things that aren’t that optimistic.’ Alexandra Haddow talks hypochondria ageing, and adulting ahead of her WIP at Aberdeen Comedy Festival
Premature
Likeable romcom with some nice ideas let down by some awkward scripting and baffling narrative decisions
Scottish International Storytelling Festival – Programme Announced
Bird and Beast is the theme of the festival’s 2026 edition
Aberdeen Comedy Festival Opens this Week
Susan Calman’s first show in a decade among the many highlights
Kate Dehnert: Echo
Comedy wrought kicking and screaming from the scorched earth of a relationship
Emmeline Downie: Gail
Fine addition to the ranks of an overly-familiar character type
Madeleine Brettingham: Legend
Terrific debut stand-up hour turns gritty material into rough diamond comedy
Sam Morrison: DUCK
Mad animal facts as metaphors for gay identity shouldn’t work, but absolutely does
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It’s Been Destroyed
As fast and furious as any comedy show featuring poetry has any right to be
Ele McKenzie: Bringing It All Back Home
Gloriously grotesque soul-baring from an unconventional star in the making
Noah Seltzer
‘Sometimes the funniest moments emerge from something I didn’t even know was funny’. Noah Seltzer tells us about his clown show, ‘Here Comes Almost’
Shane Torres
‘If there were a clear way to handle something like grief, we’d all know how to do it.’ Shane Torres tells us about his Fringe show, ‘Skinned Knees’
Will BF: Moon Team IIIV
Meticulous buffoonery behind a careful facade of knockabout, devil-may-care absurdism
Edith Alibec: The Void
A boldy playful debut from a talented new clown of only a few years standing
Michael John Ciszewski: Mother, Superior
Heartfelt and earnest comic storytelling that feels a little too treakly for its own good
Harriet Richardson: Creep
Incredibly compelling hour of darkly comic storytelling about parasocial relationships and the healing power of art
Jess Carrivick: For Your Consideration
Character comedy with an innovative framing device and a sublty-delivered emotional punch
Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday
Impassioned and blisteringly entertaining journey through a century of cinematic tropes
Jonty O’Callaghan’s Got Some Notes: A One-Man Sketch Show
Eclectic and energetic sketch comedy maintains an extraordinarily high level throughout
Em Humble: Lady of the Lakes
A peripheral romp around Camelot light on Arthurian detail but rich in personality
Marty Gleeson
‘It feels very alive. It feels like those cordyceps mushrooms that invade the brain of an ant’. Marty Gleeson tell sus about her debut Fringe show, ‘Dog Ear’
Jonno
‘It’s my favourite thing to do and I hope you can tell.’ Jonno tells us about his debut solo show, ‘Here Comes Mr. Funny’