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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Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!
Excellent debut hour made even more distinctive with a delicious paranormal twist
Robin Grainger: Refurb
A strong, heart-on-sleeve hour from a comedian who has come into his own
Timmy Booth’s Manhole
Seattle surrealist triumphs against adversity in a memorable Fringe experience
Elaine Malcolmson: Joik
Deadpan Fringe staple has an off day with an oddly-structured show about grief and reindeers
Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil
Empathetic and ambitious performer tries something truly distinctive
Lou Taylor: Jeans and a nice top
A warm and charming coming-of-age debut that plays it a little too safe
Gabey Lucas: A Berkshire Boar Walks Into a Bar (and Gets Shot in the Face)
Idiosyncratic comic turns her fitful attention to one of the weirdest wars in history
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
Near genius pastiche of the old-school variety act with a hellish bonus twist
Ian Lockwood: The Farewell Tour
High-energy and high-concept musical comedy mines the cult of celebrity for existential dread
Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult
Screamingly hilarious folk horror pastiche tickles the funny bone and shivers the spine
Interview: Amanda Dwyer
‘I found it quite therapeutic to be honest.’ We speak to Amanda Dwyer about her debut Fringe show ‘What You Thinking About?’
Interview: Kathleen Hughes
‘Even if it goes horribly wrong, I may have learned something about myself.’ We speak to Kathleen Hughes about her debut show, ‘Cryptid!’
10 to see at Edinburgh Fringe
Our Managing Editor looks at some practically nailed-on winners for this August.
Interview: Bailey Swilley
‘It’s always surprising which jokes resonate with people the most’ We talk to Bailey Swilley about her debut Fringe show ‘Gimme a Sign!’
Interview: Chris Tavener
‘I couldn’t be heard or seen for two songs. I laughed hysterically about it afterwards.’ Musical comedian Chris Tavener tells us about debut Fringe hour ‘Faking Cool’
A Scottish Day at the Fringe
Our Manging Editor Kevin Ibbotson-Wight takes us through a potential day of local acts at the Fringe
Interview: Timmy Booth
‘It’s about masculinity, manliness, and how I often lack both of those things.’ Timmy Booth tells us all about his ‘Manhole’
10 to See at Edinburgh International Film Festival
Managing Editor Kevin Ibbotson-Wight with 10 of the films that caught his eye from the EIFF programme launch
Interview: Chloe Radcliffe
‘Top to bottom it is dick jokes and dating and me being a feral little animal!’ Chloe Radcliffe tells us about her second Fringe show ‘Proud Raccoon’
Interview: Ralph Brown
‘A guy just walked in… and then pulled out a gun.’ We speak to Ralph Brown about his hair-raising Fringe show, ‘My First Hostage Situation’
Hundreds of Beavers
Unfeasibly funny pastiche of silent comedy, Looney Tunes madness, and singular eccentricity
Interview: Gabey Lucas
‘I think humanity’s whole existence is a raging mess of non-sequiturs’. Gabey Lucas tells us about her debut hour, ‘A Berkshire Boar Walks into a Bar (and Gets Shot in the Face)’
Interview: Ladies Who Ranch
‘Ironic detachment is not for us feeling beasts!’ We spoke to the improv troupe about their debut Fringe show