Movies: Nextup

Star of BBC Scotland's Up For It! and BBC Radio Scotland, Ashley Storrie returns to the Fringe with a raw and hysterical show about mental health and the ways she uses humour to overcome her pain....

After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting 8 years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new, fresh stand-up show for 2023. This is his biggest tour to date, and he is pumped / really needs you to come. Since school Lloy...

In his hilarious, daring new show, Blah Blah Blacklist, Daliso Chaponda looks at disgraced blacklisted celebrities and historical figures we're ashamed we once admired and who now have let us down. There's also the small matter of family member arres...

Considered to be Bec's magnum opus, I'll Be Bec features meticulous writing revealing a complexly crafted dystopian future as well as a remarkable futuristic outfit and an incredible high production finale. We'd hate to spoil it by saying too much, b...

Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for eight years now, and it's time for that to change! So he's attempting to do something he's never done before... Stand-up comedy, standing up....

After 21 years and 224 days Hal's back being single. But it's all going to be fine. Instead of getting the therapy he clearly needs, he's made a cracking show about it. He's lost enough weight to almost get his wedding ring off and, while he may be f...

It’s 5 years since Laura’s critically acclaimed show 'Trying', her searingly honest, achingly funny experience of depression and trying for a baby. Since then she’s written another hit show, published two books, conquered TV comedy, created two hit ...

During lockdown, comedians experimented with hundreds of online comedy gigs that connected people worldwide. Access Festival curates the best examples of these, beaming comedians from their homes into yours via Zoom and NextUp. So this January - sta...

The show is a unique and innovative full embracing of virtual comedy as Stuart explores his life after a vasectomy, catching spiders, what live comedy is, the government gilet contract and living with his twin brother....

During lockdown, comedians experimented with hundreds of online comedy gigs that connected people worldwide. Access Festival curates the best examples of these, beaming comedians from their homes into yours via Zoom and NextUp. So this January - sta...

Riding the highs of a brilliant TV career, with a hit stand-up show under his belt and an exciting relationship underway...

Rob Carter masters the well meaning idiot in this endearing character comedy based on a bad writer and his even worse books....

Northerner and self-confessed “Slave to the Sesh”, Maisie relays her experiences of navigating the recklessness of youth whilst dealing with a medical condition that required her to be a ‘Sensible Susan’....

Debut show from the Malawian-born Britain's Got Talent breakthrough act, Dalisio delivers his cheekily charming take on recent news, old news, fake news, and stories that were never quite but ALMOST news. Having lived in countries where it is forbidd...

The New World Order writer questions what her kids are being sold, and if any of it makes sense. Meryl O'Rourke compares her own sexy teens with this age of pop, porn & popcorn; where consent is a hashtag, feminism a t-shirt & looks back on her youth...

Award-winning idiot Joz Norris presents an experiment in chaos and order. You, the audience, are in control. You will be presented with a series of verbs, materials and stories. It is up to YOU what to do with them. Joz Norris, a bemused puppet who c...

During lockdown, comedians experimented with hundreds of online comedy gigs that connected people worldwide. Access Festival curates the best examples of these, beaming comedians from their homes into yours via Zoom and NextUp. So this January - sta...

In the blink of an eye, Shappi has clocked up 50 years on this planet, a quarter-century as a comedian. What would the 25-year-old Shaparak think of this incarnation? Two dogs: very good. Tory friends: what has she become!? And why are there still s...

Safe everyone. English Comedian of the Year winner and star of Comedy Central Live and Dave's Hypothetical. Tour support for Joe Lycett and 'almost certain future star' (Chortle.co.uk), Josh takes us through the past two years of his life, trying to ...

She. Is. Not. Easily. Defined. How would YOU categorise yourself in just five words? Enjoy some comedic therapy as Juliette Burton takes you on her journey of self discovery (and mental health recovery) in asking: why can't we be everything at once? ...