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Break Clause: two lovers flatshare during a breakup – and it makes for totally refreshing TV

They sign a rental contract, and then their relationship immediately collapses. This funny comedy-drama from Mexican-American comic Lara Ricote tackles real life in a way most sitcoms daren’t

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Edinburgh Fringe reviews round-up: All the nominees for the best show award

Reviews of all six performers nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards best show

Evening Standard · Aug 28

‘I’m not even an actor – I was just grieving!’ Rising star Lara Ricote on the heartache behind her new breakup comedy

The Mexican-American comedian had just split from her boyfriend when she filmed Break Clause, about an ex-couple living together in London. She talks trading telenovelas for Edinburgh and embracing your feelings

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

‘People are like: you’re a crackpot’: how Sam Campbell became comedy’s oddball superstar

Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations and a character called Super-Breast …

The Guardian - UK · May 24

Edinburgh festival 2024: the best comedy, theatre and dance already reviewed

Five-star standup, late-night debauchery, staggering circus tricks … as the arts spectacular approaches, here are some of the shows rated by our writers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

Olga Koch on her Prawn Cocktail India tour

Olga Koch on her Prawn Cocktail India tour

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2024

Lara Ricote review – endearingly offbeat comedy of self-exploration

The fringe award-winner compares her romantic relationship to how she feels about her audience in this mildly evasive investigation of inner knottiness

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024

Get the joke: how live captioning lets more comedy fans enjoy every punchline

Lara Ricote is among the standups whose gags have landed with deaf and hearing people thanks to the work of stenographer Claire Hill

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

Edinburgh Comedy Awards to go ahead this Fringe as sponsors step in one month before 2023 festival

Awards’ future had seemed uncertain after previous sponsor dropped out

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Jokes about the climate crisis? Why not! Standup champ Lara Ricote targets another taboo

The disabled Mexican-American scooped best newcomer at Edinburgh with her scathing send-up of identity politics. But can she really wring some laughs out of the end of the world?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023