Laughing on the other side: the fringe shows turning painful breakups into comedy
Whether Elf Lyons’ high-concept Hollywood throwback, Kate Dehnert’s disorientating rave or Ele McKenzie’s Bob Dylan fantasy, heartbreak fuels fine humour at the festivalBreakups. We’ve all been through them. Sometimes they’re mutual, sometimes not. Sometimes agony, sometimes relief. And sometimes, they’re world-shattering bereavements that seem to end, or at least upend, everything. That’s the experience two comedy shows seek to express on this year’s fringe – an experience that can’t be captured by the usual conventions of the medium. Wry wisecracks…
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