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What, no sequinned crooners? How cruises became the home for world class theatre

Forget cheesy acts, these days cruise ships boast the cutting edge tech to stage hip West End productions and Olivier award-winning musicals – and young people are loving it

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2025

A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year

The Guardian - UK

Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer wins best comedy show at Edinburgh fringe 2025

Playful set about Nicoresti’s life as a trans woman wins main award, with Ayoade Bamgboye named best newcomer

The Guardian - UK

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Edinburgh Fringe Round Up – Week Three

From Kate Norris to John Tothill’s standout set, here’s who caught the eye of our comedy writer

Evening Standard

Jokers in the pack: eclectic shortlist revealed for Edinburgh comedy awards 2025

Seven of the eight nominees for best show have not previously been nominated in the same category at the ‘Oscars of live comedy’

The Guardian - UK

John Tothill: This Must Be Heaven review – joyful look at earthly pleasures brings us closer to standup paradise

Maintaining a remarkable mood of spontaneity and joy, Tothill sweeps his audience through unexpected history and cruise-ship hell

The Guardian - UK

Comedian John Tothill: ‘My second near-death experience? I blame the cheesy chips’

The foppish comic underwent a drugs trial to fund his Edinburgh show – and caught malaria. The next year he almost died on stage with an exploded appendix. Why is he going back?

The Guardian - UK

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Edinburgh fringe comedy 2024 week two roundup: I’ve seen 50 shows but am I laughing?

Debuts rich in neurodiversity and self-analysis jostle for attention at this year’s festival with a beloved grandma, the Russian elite and a misguided attempt at an apology

The Guardian - UK

John Tothill: Thank God This Lasts Forever review – skint bon vivant risks it all for comedy

The irrepressible aesthete, and lapsed primary school teacher, underwent medical trials to fund this effervescent show – and has since been hospitalised

The Guardian - UK

From OnlyFans to medical trials - the extreme measures artists take to fund Edinburgh festival shows

Crowdfunding and finding patrons are among less painful options as cost of performing at the fringe soars

The Guardian - UK

Comedian reveals what happened when he contracted malaria to fund his Fringe shows

John Tothill went to ‘malaria camp’ – but the drug trial didn’t go quite as he expected

The Independent UK

Edinburgh festival 2024: find the funny with these 20 comedy shows

A one-woman 90s romcom, boundary-testing standups and a new Taskmaster contestant make our comedy critic’s list of the fringe’s most promising tickets

The Guardian - UK

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine review – bubbly, flirty tangents through history

Schoolteacher-by-day Tothill’s foppish persona is a delight and his thesis, that hedonism died with the Reformation, is convincing

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