As we enter the last two weeks before the Fringe, preview season is in full swing and there are excellent shows from Tadiwa Mahlunge, Alice Fraser, Philipp Kostelecky and Alison Spittle all coming to Manchester.
Another night, another preview as The Laughięnda finishes off its regular evening of new comedy with a work-in-progress from Alison Spittle. For those that saw her at XS Malarkey back in June it’s a chance to check out what’s changed as Spittle is constantly getting into bizarre scrapes that form her stand-up and for those that didn’t, don’t miss it a second time!
A final work-in-progress show to round out the week with a trip to Fierce Bar on Sunday night to see Austrian-Slovenian-American comic Philipp Kostelecky. With a series of awards and competition wins under his belt, this young cosmopolitan comedian mines his unorthodox cultural background and family structure to pose as an external observer and cultivate an offbeat socio-political perspective.
- Words:
- John Stansfield
- Published on:
- Mon 17 Jul 2023
XS Malarkey begins its nomadic summer rather ironically at HOME, with an absolute banger of a double preview from steady Edinburgh hand Alice Fraser and exciting rising star Tadiwa Mahlunge. It’ll be a summer of change before XS are able to settle in their permanent home of 53Two so make sure you support them where you can, especially when they consistently boast lineups as special as this one.