Who desires a lockdown one-liner? How comics are covering Covid at Edinburgh fringe
The festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room? Omedian Sam Nicoresti begins his display with an problematic sanitising ritual. Alex MacKeith kicks off with a variety of approximately lockdown together with his dad: “One entire year,” he sings, appalled, “with one whole guy.” Jacob Hawley apologises earlier for his in-yer-face commencing gambit: “How many of you pussies had been vaccinated?” There’s no avoiding Covid-19 on the fringe this yr – even as, at time of writing, the competition runs smoothly and largely contamination-free. Covid cancellations are at a minimal, and anybody hopes – if we tiptoe – we'd get to the stop without the virus, that sworn foe of gala's everywhere, breaking out again. (From left) Susie McCabe, Sophie Duker and Ari Eldjárn From time machines to threesomes: 12 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe Examine more This is the same virus that confronted us, in spite...