Just The Tonic Archive

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Check out our coverage of shows at the Just The Tonic venues…

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FESTIVAL 2026>>

2026 FEATURES
Ollie Horn: The Most Toast TW:Talks: Max Fulham

2026 REVIEWS
Excel Comedy And Mathem-antics (David Benaim) Jane Eyre Convention (Theatre Caddis)

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FESTIVAL 2025>>

2025 FEATURES
Candace Bryan: MILF - Mom I’d Like To Find

2025 REVIEWS
Abracadadbod! (Jokers Comedy Ltd) Dopa-Mean Girl (Louisa Ní Éideáin)

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FESTIVAL 2024>>

2024 FEATURES
Sasha Ellen: My MILF-Shake Brings All The Boys To The Yard Three shows with menstrual themes Three stand-up comedy debuts Three storytelling comedians

2024 REVIEWS
Ben Miller: Volcano (Ben Miller) Jewels (Tanwen Stokes) Low Effort Sketches: As Described (Low Effort Sketches) Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie (Father Long Legs)

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FESTIVAL 2023>>

2023 FEATURES
David Ian: (Just A) Perfect Gay TW:Talks: David Ian TW:Talks: Sachin Kumarendran

2023 REVIEWS
Arzoo Malhotra: First Degeneration (Arzoo Malhotra) Myles And Dan Just Might Break A World Record Tonight (Myles and Dan) Ollie Horn: Not Much

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FESTIVAL 2022>>

2022 FEATURES
Dan Kelly: How I Came Third In The North Korean Marathon David Ephgrave: Good Grief Hannah Fairweather: Just A Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge Three Interesting Comedy Themes Three Woman Only Comedy Tom GK: How To Record The Greatest Album Of All Time

2022 REVIEWS

1 Ball Show (Terence Hartnet) Chelsea Birkby: No More Mr Nice Chelsea Crone (Liam Webber) Edy Hurst's Comedy Version Of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version And Steven Spielberg's Film Version) Of The War Of The Worlds Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How to Teach Kiran Saggu And Sarah Roberts: Cake (Kiran Saggu And Sarah Roberts) Mat Ewins: Danger Money (IAM) Milo Edwards: Voicemail (Impatient Productions) Sleepover (Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society)

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FESTIVAL 2020>>

2020 FEATURES
Three To See and Stream 18-24 Aug: Comedy Streams, Theatrical Edfringe, theSpace, New Normal Festival, Support Edfringe Of The Future Threes To See and Stream 4-10 Aug: Virtual Fringe Comedy Shows, Other Virtual Fringe Shows, Non-edfringe Things, Important Fringe Campaigns

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FESTIVAL 2019>>

2019 FEATURES
Eight Steps Q&A: Andy Field Eight Steps Q&A: Naomi McDonald Eric: Tales Of The Third Sunday Kate Lucas: Is Selling Herself Three To See 2019: Activists Three To See 2019: Impressionists Three To See 2019: Men And Masculinity Three To See 2019: Political Shows Three To See 2019: Storytellers Three To See 2019: Three Promising Sketch Comedy Shows

2019 REVIEWS

Adam Rowe: Pinnacle (CKP and Intertalent) Alex Hylton: Get Rich Or Die Crying (Alex Hylton) Alex Williamson: Sin On My Face (Alex Williamson) Andy Field's Funeral (Andy Field) Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist (Brett Johnson) Children Of The Quorn (Megan from HR) Daniel Audritt: Better Man (Daniel Audritt) Fat Blast And Crackers: 101 Sketches In 50 Minutes! (The Scribbling Ape) Garrett Millerick: Smile (Rabbit Rabbit) Gethin Alderman Is: Sublime (Gethin Alderman) I'm OKayfabe (Fake Heat) Jacob Hawley: Faliraki (Jacob Hawley) Mark And Haydn: Llaugh (StraightUp Productions) Milo Edwards: Pindos (Milo Edwards) Radu Isac: Good Excuses For Sociopaths (Radu Isac) Ross Smith: Crying/Shame (Ross Smith) The Golden Path (Vanessa Hammick)

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FESTIVAL 2018>>

2018 FEATURES
Faye Treacy: The Problem With... Jake Howie: Read My Lips Past ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award winners back at the Fringe Sid Singh: American Bot Three To See 2018: Three stand-ups with a story Three To See on 7 Aug: Prom Kween, Hot Brown Honey, Rob Auton Three To See on 9 Aug: John Robertson, Sofie Hagen, Wil Greenway

2018 REVIEWS

Bad Clowns: Hostage (Bad Clowns Comedy) Jacob Hatton: Ozymandias (Jacob Hatton) Joey Page: Perhaps Under Stars That Would Stretch Forever (An Idiot Explains The Universe In Under An Hour) (Rabbit Rabbit) Michael Hackett: The Late Mike Show (Michael Hackett) Nick Elleray: It's Been Emotional (Nick Elleray) Rob Auton: The Talk Show (Rob Auton) Sara Barron: For Worse (PBJ Management) The Kinkens (Pip Hambly) The Leeds Tealights: Souls For Sale (The Leeds Tealights)

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FESTIVAL 2017>>

2017 FEATURES
Caroline Mabey: Quetzals Quick Quiz: Eric Three To See 2017: Three helpings of musical comedy Three To See 2017: Three sets of cursed theatre Three To See 2017: Three spoken word shows Three To See on 18 Aug: Amy Conway, Acéléré, Arna Spek Three To See on 24 Aug: The Delightful Sausage, The Road That Wasn’t There, We Are Ian We present the ThreeWeeks Editors' Awards 2017

2017 REVIEWS

Annie McGrath: Ambivert (Plosive Productions) Arna Spek: Museum Piece (To The Moon) Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason) David Trent: Here's Your Future (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) Fin Taylor: Lefty Tighty Righty Loosey (Fin Taylor) GayShit (Wayne Carter) Imaginary Radio (Drennon Davis Jim Hickox - Bigtop Productions) Jack Barry: High Treason (Berk's Nest in association with Avalon Management) Michael Clarke: A Felt In Progress (PBJ Management) Micky P Kerr Is Lay-Z (Micky P Kerr) Organ Freeman (Jarlath Regan) Pity Laughs: A Tale Of Two Gays (Straightup) Rob Auton: The Hair Show (Rob Auton) The Dark Room For Kids (CatFace Talent / John Robertson) The Delightful Sausage: Cold Hard Cache (The Delightful Sausage) The Harry And Chris Show 2 (Harry Baker and Chris Read) Will Duggan: Perspicuator

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FESTIVAL 2016>>

2016 FEATURES
Danielle Ward: A bad feminist’s Edinburgh Fringe survival guide Three To See 2016: Stand-up poetry Three To See on 17 Aug: Brendon Burns, Barrowlandballet, AAA Batteries (Not Included)

2016 REVIEWS

A Sketchy History (Three Men In A Boot) AAA Batteries (Not Included) (Chris Turner) Adam Rowe: Bittersweet Little Lies (Adam Rowe) Adrian Gray's The 007 Conspiracy (Tweedle Comedy) Alice Marshall: Vicious (Vicious Productions) Babushka: A Sketch Show (Little Apple Productions) David Callaghan - Let's Get This Partly Started (David Callaghan) Ed Patrick: Junior Optimist (Ed Patrick by arrangement with Corrie McGuire at Roar Comedy) Happily Never After (The Maydays) Hayley Ellis: FOMO (Hayley Ellis) Jack Barry: You Don't Know Jack (Jack Barry) Minky: A Sketch Show (Minky Comedy) Pete Otway: Six Years From Then (Pete Otway / Fluid Thinking) Robin Morgan: Free Man (So Comedy by arrangement with Troika) Steve Bugeja: Unpronounceable (Steve Bugeja) Suzi Ruffell: Common (Off The Kerb Productions) Taylor Glenn: A Billion Days Of Parenthood (Taylor Glenn) Team Viking (James Rowland)

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FESTIVAL 2015>>

2015 FEATURES
Ally Houston: Clowning with stand-up LetLuce: Setting sail for another Fringe Three To See 2015: Delectable Duos

2015 REVIEWS

Aatif Nawaz (Aatif Nawaz) Ally Houston - Shandy (Ally Houston) Cassandra - Mary Canary (Claire Lenahan) Charles Booth - Deer In The Spotlights (Charles Booth) Dicing With Dr Death (Dr Philip Nitschke) Geoff Norcott - The Look Of Moron (Charlotte Hamilton Artist Management / Just The Tonic PWYW) Good Kids (Gridlock) Jim Smallman - My Girls (Jim Smallman) Kelly Kingham - Inside Out (Kelly Kingham) Love In The Time Of Gilmore Girls (My Mate Dave) Mat Ewins - Day Job (Mason Sisters @ PBJ) The Leeds Tealights - Discuss (Leeds Tealights)

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FESTIVAL 2014>>

2014 FEATURES
Caroline Kaplan: Twelve Lessons I’ve Learned About Comedy After Seeing 34 Shows at the Fringe Doodle and rhyming plugs from Edinburgh Fringe 2014 Mark Restuccia: How to fill a stand-up's day Photo Shoot: Editors' Award winners Three To See 2014: Referendum-themed comedy Three To See 2014: Sketch comedy Three To See 2014: ThreeWeeks approved comedy ThreeWeeks Editors' Awards 2014 presented

2014 REVIEWS

#meetandtweet (Declan Dineen) Al Donegan - Five Of The Worst Things I Ever Did (Love Me Tinder Productions) BongoLicious (Njambi McGrath) Cook And Davies Present - Planet Earth And All Who Sailed In Her (Cook And Davies) Fearnot Wood (UCLU Runaground) Frankenstein - UnBolted (Last Chance Saloon) Kids With Beards - Quest For The Golden Beard (Kids With Beards Comedy) Miss Glory Pearl - The Naked Stand-Up (Miss Glory Pearl) No Strings (Pot Kettle) Paul Ricketts' West End Story (Comedy Verity) Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens Skimprov (Masters Of None) The Alchemist (Oxford University Dramatic Society) The Church Of Zirconium (FUNT in association with 1945 Productions) The Colour Ham (The Colour Ham) The Voyage Of The Narwhal (The Awkward Silence) Will Franken - The Stuff They Put In Sleep (Laughing Coyote Presents)

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FESTIVAL 2013>>

2013 FEATURES
Edinburgh Comedy Award noms announced Snap Of The Day 19: Fraser Millward The Ginge, The Geordie & The Geek: Quick Quiz Three To See 2013: Psychic comedy Tomás Ford: Electric Fringe cabaret… at midnight

2013 REVIEWS

A Panda Suit, Pythagoras And Plenty Of Puns (Nikhil Tilwalli) Abigoliah Schamaun - Subtle (Jaggy) Afternoon Delight (Just The Tonic) Al Lubel Is Mentally Al (EMX Management Presents) Alan Hudson - Magician or Superhero? (Alan Hudson) Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer - Sex Addict (Alistair Green) Big Value Comedy Show – Late (Just The Tonic) Bobby Mair - Obviously Adopted (Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with John Noel) Britain’s Got Fuck All Talent! 2013 (Flick Ma Beens!) Charlie Dupré Presents… The Stories of Shakey P (Charlie Dupré) Chris Mayo’s Identity Crisis (Chris Mayo) Dave Griffiths - C U In Court (King Cnut) Eric’s Tales Of The Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn (Eric’s Tales Of The Sea) Fraser Millward’s Masquerade! (Fraser Millward) Gagging For Attention (DMU Comedy) Geoff Norcott Occasionally Sells Out (Charlotte Hamilton Artist Management) John Williams - My Son's Not Rainman (Team Wonderful) Karin Danger - Hotbox (Vicious Fish) Manos Kanellos - Greekonomics (Kamara Productions) Mark Restuccia - The Diary Of A Serial Internet Dater (Mark Restuccia) Mike Newall - Six Weddings (Mike Newall / Fluid Thinking) Mixed Doubles (Mixed Doubles) Moving Family (Northern Nomads supported by Live Theatre) Mr Susie’s To Earth With Love (Mark Davison) Oliver Meech - When Magic And Science Collide (Oliver Meech) Pick Me Up (Pick Me Up) Rob Lloyd - Who, Me (Vicious Fish Theatre) Robin (A One-Man Comedy) (Getting Into Grips) Rod Woodward - Funny Turn Seven Ages (featuring Kevin Tomlinson) (KEPOW! Theatre Company) Shakespeare’s Cymbeline (FreeRange Productions) Snakes! The Musical (Quite Nice Theatre) Sofa Specific (Sofa Specific Productions) Suman Biswas - Still Alive After Amateur Transplants (Suman Biswas) That Pair - Never Liked Her Anyway (The Mason Sisters @ PBJ) The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree (The Birmingham Footnotes) The Boy Who Lost Christmas (Young Actors Company / Engineerium) The Colour Ham (Colour Ham) The Curse Of Elizabeth Faulkner (Anthony Coleridge) The Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek – Live (Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek) The God Particle (Nicely Thank You) The Leeds Tealights - The Ultimate Indoor Experience (Leeds Tealights) The Lunchtime Special (CKP) The Sign Of Four (FreeRange Productions) The Sleeping Trees’ Odyssey (Sleeping Trees) The St Andrews Revue The System (African Tree Productions) The Trial (We Keep You Company) This Was Your Life (Quite Nice Theatre) Tomás Ford - Electric Midnight Cabaret (Tomasford.com And JumpClimb) Wayne Thallon - Procreation (Veritas GB Ltd)

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FESTIVAL 2012>>

2012 FEATURES
Casual Violence: Doing comedy casually and violently Frimston And Rowett: Quick Quiz John Robins: Into the real comedy zone Paul F Taylor, The Pauly Show: Quick Quiz The Ginge, The Geordie & The Geek: Standing out from the crowd Three To See 2012: Five-star recipients Three To See 2012: Sketch shows

2012 REVIEWS

Afternoon Delight (Just The Tonic) Alan Anderson - Whisky Fir Dummies 2.0 (Ha Ha Comedy) Alan Hudson’s Not So Secret World Of Magic Andrew Doyle - Whatever It Takes (Talented Artists Ltd) Andrew Ryan - Ryanopoly (CKP) Big Value Comedy Show - Early Big Value Comedy Show - Late Big Value Comedy Show - Middle (Big Value Comedy) Big Value Comedy’s Lunchtime Club (Ben Van Der Velde, David Murphy, Andrea Hubert, Jonathon Elston) Bristol Revunions - Destination Adventure (Bristol Revunions) Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse (Mat Ewins) Caimh McDonnell - The Art Of Conversation (Fluid Thinking) Carl Hutchinson - Acceptable? (Carl Hutchinson) Casual Violence - A Kick In The Teeth (Casual Violence! Comedy) Dancing About Architecture (Mark Olver) Eddie Pepitone's Bloodbath (Eddie Pepitone) Eric's Tales Of The Sea - A Submariner's Yarn (Eric) Frimston And Rowett - Huge Mistake (Taken For Granted Productions) FunBags Present Unusual Suspects (FunBags) Funk Rocket 5000 Gagging For Attention (DMU Footlights) Hanks And Conran – Pigs In Blankets (Hanks and Conran) Holly Burn - The H Club (Bombshell Productions Ltd) Jack Jerome's Journey Of Life (Actually Rather Good Ltd) Jen Brister - Now And Then (Everything Productions) Jim Smallman’s Group Therapy (Best Medicine Management) John Robins - Incredible Scenes! (John Robins) Just The Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show (Just The Tonic) Kerry Gilbert Triumphs (Kerry Gilbert) Kevin Tomlinson - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Kepow Theatre Company) Kevin Tomlinson - Seven Ages! (Kepow Theatre Company) Loretta Maine - Bipolar (Chambers Management) Luke And Harry’s Dot Dot Dot (Luke And Harry) Mae Day (Mae Martin) No Pants Thursday - T’il Death Do Us Party No Pants Thursday Not Treasure Island (Sleeping Trees) The Intimate Strangers (Intimate Strangers) The Leeds Tealights - Sexy Chubby (The Leeds Tealights) The Not Quite Quartet The St Andrews Revue (St Andrews Revue) The Wonderful World Of Wilfredo (Matt Roper) Thea-Skot’s Miss Adventures (Alison Thea-Skot) Things We Did Before Reality (Will Franken) Tom Goodliffe - All in Good Time Vinegar Knickers - On The Edge (Vinegar Knickers)

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FESTIVAL 2011>>

2011 FEATURES
Piff The Magic Dragon: Bad bits, best bits Rosie Wilby: The accidental comedian Three To See 2011: Sketch shows Three To See 2011: Theatrical adaptations ThreeWeeks Survey: Fringe flu is incoming, how to survive ThreeWeeks Survey: Sit back, relax, and read the reviews ThreeWeeks Survey: You have the words, what about the music?

2011 REVIEWS

88MPH (Rogue Lounge) Alan Anderson - Whisky Fir Dummies (hireacomedian.co.uk / Ha Ha Comedy) Alfie Brown - The Love You Take (Alfie Brown) Alistair Green: Outpatient (Alistair Green) Armageddapocalypse: The Explosioning (Exploding Fist Productions) Bristol Revunions - National Friends (Bristol Revunions) Brown And Corley - Born In The 80s Caroline Mabey's One Minute Silence (Caroline Mabey) Casual Violence - Choose Death (Casual Violence! Comedy) Chris Mayo's Panic Attack (Chris Mayo) Christmas For Two - Friends With You (Christmas For Two) Damion Larkin - Cuddly Dreamer (Damion Larkin) Danny Pensive's Map Of Britain (Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management) Dicking A Great Big Hole (Jodie Dick) Eric's Tales Of The Sea – A Submariner's Tale (Eric) Frimston And Rowett Get Happy In Edinburgh (Get Happy Comedy / Live From Leicester Square) Henning Wehn No Surrender (IMWP & Henning Wehn) Iain Sterling And Sean McLoughlin (Foolhardy Comedy) Joe Bor: In Search Of The Six Pack (Joe Bor) Joe Fairbrother: Characters (Joe Fairbrother) John Robins - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (John Robins) Juliet Meyers - I'm Not Spartacus! (Juliet Meyers) Just The Tonic's Afternoon Delight (Just The Tonic) Kieran And The Joes: Teampowered (Kieran And The Joes) Mabbs And Justice: Love Machine (Mabbs And Justice) Matt Tiller - Just Du-et (Lee Martin For Gag Reflex Management) Mike Newall's Get Better Box (Fluid Thinking) Nathan Dean Williams Presents… ‘The Buffet’ (Nathan Dean Williams) Neil Dougan – Rough Rared (Neil Dougan) No Pants Thursday Piff The Magic Dragon - Last Of The Magic Dragons (John Van Der Put / Cat's Cradle Comedy) Rory O'Hanlon: Is It Just Me That's Mental? (Rory O'Hanlon) Rosie's Pop Diary (Rosie Wilby) Samurai Grandma (ITO GUMI) Sanderson Jones - ComedySale.com / Fringe (Sanderson Jones) Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net (Rational Entertainment And Susquehanna Hat) Shane And Eddie: Picking Up The Pieces (Les Freres Du Monde) So On And So Forth Present Human Era (So On And So Forth) The Big Value Comedy Show - Middle (Just The Tonic) The Big Value Comedy Show – Late (Just The Tonic) The Ginge, The Geordie & The Geek Best Of 09/10 (Just The Tonic at The Caves) The Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek – All New Show (The Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek) The Great Brain Robbery (Great Brain Robbery) The Leeds Tealights: Animals With Jobs (Leeds Tealights) The Lunchtime Club 2011 (Best Medicine Management) The Magical Faraway Tree (Sleeping Trees Theatre) The Phoenix: A Failure On A Mission (Tania Edwards) The Squiffy Journals (Squiffy Productions) The Three Englishmen - Optimists The World Of Shrimpology (Shrimps) Tokyo Game: The Body Tights Man Show (3 Gaga Heads) Tom Bell Begins (Draw HQ) Wade McElwain – The Littlest Hobo (Wade McElwain) Which One's Fergal? (Garrett Millerick) Who Killed The Counsellor? (Joe Bor) WitTank

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FESTIVAL 2010>>

2010 FEATURES
Eric: Ruling the seas, and now the land

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