2018 Edinburgh Fringe

Leo Kearse: Right Wing Comedian

  • Comedy (stand-up)
  • 7:30pm (60 mins)
  • 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
  • Espionage (Pravda)
  • Free
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185: Espionage
Room: Pravda

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Scottish Comedian of the Year, Leo Kearse returns with the follow up to I Can Make You Tory. Poking fun at liberal sanctimony and hypocrisy, Leo takes on millennials, #metoo, environmentalists and Jeremy Corbyn, showing why socialists are selfish and Trump is great. 'A giant of the art' (Chortle.co.uk). 'A solid hour of honest funny which will change your attitude' (Scotsman). 'He is warm, very funny, and deserves his title... a lotta laughs' (TheClothesline.com.au). Warning: not for people who start online petitions.

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Who have the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel overlooked?

This question was asked before today's shortlists came out...

Chortle, 22nd August 2018

How would you improve the Fringe?

'We should make it free and move it to Norfolk'

Chortle, 21st August 2018

What do you think of critics?

'Some reviewers clearly don't like comedy'

Chortle, 20th August 2018

Comics on having famous faces in their audience

We asked these comedians to share their VIP stories.

i Newspaper, 20th August 2018

Top jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Adam Rowe has won the Joke Of The Fringe 2018 award with the gag 'Working at the JobCentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day.' Read the top 10 here.

British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2018

Has the 'spirit of the Fringe' been lost?

'It would be nice if audiences came in with open minds and generous spirits'

Chortle, 19th August 2018

Whats's the most drunk or wasted you have been?

'I threw my phone into the woods on mushrooms'

Chortle, 18th August 2018

What's the most you have put into a Free Fringe bucket?

Fringe interview.

Chortle, 15th August 2018

25 of the top gags from the Fringe

From snakes to smashing the patriarchy, these are the funniest gags from this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 11th August 2018

What track do you come on to and why?

'I sing my own walk-on music as I can't remember my iTunes password'

Chortle, 10th August 2018

Leo Kearse: Edinburgh Fringe 2018 interview

Leo Kearse interview.

Laugh Out London, 8th August 2018

The weirdest thing in found in your free Fringe bucket?

'Someone left me a print of their vagina'

Chortle, 7th August 2018

So five Tory stand-ups walk into a bar...

Right-wing comedians have long been a rarity, but Brexit and the Edinburgh festival are putting them centre-stage.

Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 5th August 2018

Comedians on their Fringe Bugbears

From revolting rooms to soggy sarnies, we speak to several Fringe folk about what really grinds their gears in August.

Polly Glynn, The Skinny, 1st August 2018

Edinburgh Fringe 2018: the 25 funniest jokes

This August, hundreds of stand-ups are descending on Edinburgh for the world's largest comedy festival. We asked a few rising talents to share the sharpest quips from their new shows, and these are 25 of the best.

The Telegraph, 26th July 2018

Leo Kearse: the Edinburgh interviews 2018

Leo Kearse interview.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 26th July 2018

Fringe 2018 - Leo Kearse: Right Wing Comedian

Scottish Comedian of the Year Leo Kearse rips into liberals in his follow up to last year's sellout hit I Can Make You Tory.

Kara Alberts, The Edinburgh Reporter, 10th July 2018

+3 interview: Leo Kearse: Right-Wing Comedian

"I present a robust defence of Donald Trump, celebrate consumerism, break down prejudice against the white working class and show the inherent immorality and impracticality of socialism."

Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 10th July 2018

Interview: Leo Kearse discusses his new show

Here's what happened when this left-leaning interviewer spoke to Leo to find out what we can expect this year.

Angela Johnson, Entertainment Focus, 4th July 2018

Fringe Q&As: comedian Leo Kearse

Leo Kearse on being right-wing, gig shoes and fighting on Sauchiehall Street.

Linda Howard, The Herald, 1st July 2018

Fifty-word Fringe pitch: Leo Kearse

This time it's the turn of Leo Kearse.

The Reviews Hub, 23rd June 2018

Edinburgh preview: Leo Kearse

Scottish Comedian of the Year Leo Kearse/p] rips into liberals in his follow up to last year's sellout hit I Can Make You Tory.

Theatre Weekly, 23rd June 2018

A piggy interview with Leo Kearse

Leo Kearse interview.

Wrigley Worm, FringePig, 21st June 2018

My Comedy Hero: Leo Kearse on Jerry Sadowitz

The Scottish Comedian of the Year picks the controversial funnyman and card magician as his comic idol.

The List, 15th June 2018

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Kearse is seriously good. Quick, funny, smart, to the point...hilarious - The Scotsman

Scottish Comedian of the Year, Leo Kearse rips into liberals in his follow up to last year's sellout hit I Can Make You Tory. He takes a scalpel to male feminists, Labour antisemites, fat activists, environmentalists, white male privilege, #MeToo and much more. He presents a robust defence of Donald Trump, celebrates consumerism, breaks down prejudice against the white working class and shows the inherent immorality and impracticality of socialism. If you want to escape the liberal bubble of the Edinburgh Fringe and see a raw, hilariously antagonistic show from a man who can't help speaking his mind, this is the show for you.

He churns out the gags, provoking a steady stream of laughs in his tight set, which strides purposefully between topics with muscular, efficient lines on each. - Steve Bennett, Chortle

Lanky Scot, Leo Kearse is part of the new wave of raw, bold, American-inspired comedians taking the big UK clubs by storm. He gigs for the Comedy Store, Top Secret, Hot Water, Just The Tonic and Shoreditch House and has toured internationally, with 2018 taking him as far as Belarus and Tasmania.

Leo has a major role in controversial video game series Super Seducer, in Super Seducer 2, out in September.

As well as straight stand-up, he also performs at festivals and cabaret nights as the improvising 'Pun Man', and holds the 2015 Dave UK Pun Champion title. Leo is also the co-creator of sellout show Hate 'n' Live, which has top comedians hate on audience suggestions. Leo won Scottish Comedian of the Year in 2017. He was also part of the 5* (The Upside News) Magical Mystery Comedy Coach Tour at the Adelaide Fringe this year. A regular co-presenter on TalkSPORT Extra Time and Fubar Radio's Mark Dolan Eats The News, Leo also appeared on ITV's Dinner Date and Britain's Got Talent, BBC Two's Funny Business and Al Jazeera, as well has having viral YouTube hits featured in Metro and the Daily Mail. Leo will be starring as Mick Fleetwood in the ITV-produced programme: Breaking the Band: Fleetwood Mac, airing in June.

Aside from performing, Leo's written for some of the biggest names in comedy and supplied material used for shows including Question Time, Sam Delaney's News Thing and BBC Radio Scotland's Breaking The News.

Other appearances and media credits include: STV, BBC World Service, RT, Radio 5 Live and features in The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Herald and The Scotsman. Leo's had articles about Jeremy Corbyn, class privilege and right wing comedy published in The Independent and Fringepig.

A solid hour of honest funny which will change your attitude - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman

A giant of the art - Steve Bennett, Chortle

Very funny, very dirty, occasionally shocking, but edgily likeable and happily endearing, eliciting the guilty pleasure of laughter from a wide-eyed audience - The List ****

Very tall and very funny... such energy and aplomb that the audience is left powerless to resist... one of the most enjoyable shows of the Fringe - Three Weeks ****

Warm, VERY funny...some of us completely lost it in fits of giggles. - The Clothesline (for Adelaide Fringe festival 2018) 4.5 stars

Performances

Date Time Venue
2nd Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
3rd Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
4th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
5th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
6th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
7th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
8th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
9th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
10th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
11th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
12th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
13th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
15th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
16th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
17th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
18th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
19th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
20th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
21st Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
22nd Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
23rd Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
24th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
25th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)
26th Aug 2018 19:30 Espionage (Pravda)

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