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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

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

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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

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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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