Tell us about you/your act. So I’m John Porter, I’m 29, I have cerebral palsy and I live in Manchester (alone, don’t tell ATOS). My act is mostly me talking about things that are going on in my life and inside my head - very anecdotal! It gets dark in places but that’s largely because … Continue reading “We have a lot to be anxious about right now – but being able to laugh gets us through.” | John Porter on comedy and coping
6 shows bringing a touch of weirdness to the Edinburgh fringe
We’ve all seen stand-up on Live At The Apollo. It’s some probably quite neat-looking person with a microphone talking about normal things that happen to all of us in a way that makes us laugh because it’s so relatable. Right? Wrong. If you’re not familiar with comedians who aren’t afraid to let things get weird, … Continue reading 6 shows bringing a touch of weirdness to the Edinburgh fringe
“He might be a cunt but at least he’s not a landlord” | Tom Ballard boils millennial angst about capitalism into a single excellent hour
There is a reason that Tom Ballard is a multi-award winning comedian and it simply because he is brilliant. Former host of topical comedy show Tonightly, Tom takes the chaos that has been inflicted on contemporary twenty-somethings and finds a way to make you laugh about it. His new show Enough at the Edinburgh Fringe … Continue reading “He might be a cunt but at least he’s not a landlord” | Tom Ballard boils millennial angst about capitalism into a single excellent hour
