It’s Pride month. Remember, twatheads, your discomfort at other people not being you is your own developmental problem to address and overcome within yourself, not society’s problem to police on your behalf. Have fun!
Particularly brilliant line from one of Julia's routinely brilliant reviews:
Tip Toe is "...a single, low drone note of destiny played on a harmonium, persistent in the background while the melody trips and dances over the top."
‘Eighty years on, 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 stands as an astute meditation on repression and madness. Time, however, has dulled the cultural historical implications. The absence of references to the war only makes its agonies, invisibly encoded, more traumatic.’
Malcolm Gaskill:
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Eighty years on, Dead of Night stands as an astute meditation on repression and madness. Time, however, has dulled the...
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Hey! 👋 Survivors of the Windrush scandal have been given apologies and memorials, but the reality is that many are still being denied fair compensation. 😔 The Government promised to overhaul this brok...
My spoiler-free is up now on Womansplaining and it won't cost you a penny read. TLDR: Like being hit by a truck. 5 stars.
If you missed this first time round, go and see it. He is EXTRAORDINARY. Mind like a yellow pages of absolutely nonsense. I've never been so impressed by a show in my life.
I’ve written about the savage binary of modern TV reviewing. 📺
I will never post anything without a typo in it. I could insist this is to distinguish it from AI. But I just cannot make my brain work at the speed of my thumbs.
Yes! We’re doing this.
I’m on a panel with @alicelowetime.bsky.social and @izzymant.bsky.social talking about making stuff, and also running a comedy writing session, and @jnraeside.bsky.social will be talking about her book, and getting mad as hell.
Come along if you’re in the Exeter area.
In unrelated news, the paywall is down on my HALF MAN review now the series has finished.
My spoiler-free is up now on Womansplaining and it won't cost you a penny read. TLDR: Like being hit by a truck. 5 stars.
Exeter Comedy Festival kicks off today with the Gala. Still tickets available.
Loads of great acts on throughout ECF. The big names have sold out but there are some real gems with seats available. We're so lucky to have this going on, don't miss it!
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Exeter Comedy Festival back for it's third year, bringing 70+ of the country’s best comedy performers to intimate venues in the West Quarter.
