Matt Forde - The End of An Era Tour *****
Pleasance Courtyard - Beyond
Matt Forde preambles his usual political satire with frank revelations about his health after a serious cancer op. It might not sound like the stuff of comedy, but the graphic personal details add extra depth to his more familiar routines about Sunak, Swinney, Starmer and Farage.
Despite coming onstage with a stick, Forde appears in rude (sometimes VERY rude) health as he lays waste to those on the right and left who offend his Blairite sympathies.
The occasional impersonations are acutely observed - especially Trump.
It’s witty, biting an strangely moving - all in all, unmissable.
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Murder, She Didn’t Write (Degrees of Error) *****
Assembly, George Square - Gordon Aikman Theatre
This is the tenth year at the Fringe for a reliably silly improv whodunnit from a revolving cast of actors. Laughter guaranteed.
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