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Knitting, Tom Cruise and sex: What it takes to make people laugh at the Fringe today

COMEDY : The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is back for its 49th visit to the Scottish capital, even though finding the funny can prove difficult with the world in turmoil. Four comedians tell Lauren Morris how they plan on procuring giggles this year

The Independent UK

Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here review – gags so good that resistance is futile

The standup mines familiar comedy situations, but dazzling one-liners and absurd shaggy dog stories elevate the set

The Guardian - UK

Pierre Novellie at Soho Theatre review: brimming over with laugh-out-loud lines

4/5 The comic deftly blends punchlines with more thought-provoking material on autism and euthanasia

Evening Standard

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‘It ends with me crying in a pink cycle helmet’: Edinburgh fringe comics pitch their own Baby Reindeer

With every streaming service now searching for their version of the Netfix hit, Mark Watson, Lucy Porter, Celya AB and more pitch the TV show of their lives, from real-life origin stories and flights of fancy to, erm, Baby Reindeer

The Guardian - UK

‘Maybe everybody feels socially awkward’: the standups turning being autistic into a comedy superpower

From Fern Brady to Hannah Gadsby, a host of comedians have discovered that they are autistic. What is it about standup that lends itself so well to neurodivergent people?

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: From Spice Girls to Sugababes, how Britain’s girlbands conquered the world

In this week’s newsletter: The Saturdays’ Mollie King explores the history of Britain’s dominant female groups in Where It’s At. Plus: five of the most underrated podcasts

The Guardian - UK

Pierre Novellie: ‘A heckler diagnosed my Asperger’s so fair play to him’

The comedian on his worst gig, preshow rituals and receiving an ASD diagnosis after an audience intervention

The Guardian - UK

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Pierre Novellie at the Soho Theatre review: a remarkably enjoyable show

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