Sun 05 June 2022 | 7.30pm | £10

Work-in-progress shows from two top comedians ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe.

HAL CRUTTENDEN: IT’S BEST YOU HEAR IT FROM ME

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 flying solo, he's far from alone; he's got his grown-up daughters, his dogs and his divorce lawyer. The fickle finger of fate has turned Hal's life upside down but he's sticking a finger right back at it.

“Funniest he’s ever been” ★★★★★ Times

JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS: A WORLD JUST LIKE OUR OWN, BUT…

There’s a world just like our own, but there isn’t a word for sand. There’s a world just like our own, but the keys on pianos are in random order so pianists really have to work for it. There’s a world just like our own, but Edith Piaf regretted five things. John-Luke Roberts returns to Edinburgh with a new stand-up show about the worlds we don’t live in, which is secretly actually about the one we do.

“A one man finger-in-the-dyke against the blandification of comedy” The Guardian

★★★★ The Telegraph

★★★★ The Times