Chris Cantrill “Rewilding” (Work in Progress)
Join Chris Cantrill (BBC Radio 4’s Icklewick FM) as he works on a new show about community, mushrooms and bloodlust. Thrice-nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. As seen on Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two), Avoidance (BBC One) and Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (Channel 4).
Chris is a comedian who is kind and respectful; something rare in the Internet age! Praise for last year’s show that was nominated in the Best Show category at the Edinburgh Festival. ‘Impossible to tear your eyes away from the stage’ ★★★★★ EdFringe Review ‘The wit and honest of his show will resonate universally’ ★★★★.5 Chortle ‘Midlife distress call goes from one big laugh to another’ ★★★★ The Guardian ‘A show for anyone who cares about people and likes laughing’ ★★★★ The Scotsman ‘All this good-blokey blather takes us somewhere enlightening as well as entertaining’ ★★★★ The Times
Elaine Robertson “Work In Progress”
The Geordie rising star and ‘natural comedy performer’ returns following last year's award-winning debut hour Delulu (ISH Comedy Panel Prize). Through audience word of mouth and critical acclaim her show last year was an underground Fringe hit. More recently Robertson was a finalist in the Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Awards and has become a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram for her PowerPoint presentations on Oxbow Lakes, British Birds and Coastal Erosion.
Expect ‘daring indelible stagecraft' (Edinburgh Laughter Bulletin) and ‘make a mental note to watch her career blossom’ (Herald). **** Chortle.co.uk **** (List) **** ThreeWeeks
