2022 Edinburgh Fringe
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy
US comedian Sam Morrison (The Drew Barrymore Show) grapples with the death of his partner. He makes grief hilarious through tales of love, diabetes and seagull attacks. Sugar Daddy is the highly anticipated follow up to his debut hour that met critical acclaim and was listed as part of the Best Jokes of the Fringe in The Independent and Evening News. 'Quite simply, this is gay stand-up at its finest' ***** (ScotsGay.co.uk). 'Magnetic' **** (List). 'See this tour de force from a young NYC comedian who has the potential to become a big name' **** (FringeReview.co.uk).
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Sam Morrison interview
"We often forget what is most important in life."
Entertainment Now, 18th August 2022Sam Morrison: I made a comedy show about my boyfriend's Covid death
The only way Sam Morrison could to cope with his grief after his partner died last year was to find the humour in its aftermath, he tells Dominic Maxwell.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 16th August 2022Gay man tragically lost his boyfriend to COVID. So he turned his grief and pain into comedy
In February 2021, something terrifying and devastating in equal measure happened to Sam Morrison - his boyfriend Jonathan died after contracting COVID-19.
Patrick Kelleher, Pink News, 16th August 2022Sam Morrison: How the New York alternative comedy scene has exploded
Sam Morrison welcomes the expanding landscape.
Sam Morrison, Chortle, 1st August 2022Interview with stand-up comedian Sam Morrison
Sam talks about grief comedy, and how it has been useful as a coping mechanism after suffering loss during the height of the pandemic.
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 17th July 2022Sam Morrison interview
Sugar Daddy is about meeting my partner Jonathan, and then my relationship to grief after his passing in 2021.
On The Mic, 4th July 2022Performances
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| 3rd Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 4th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 5th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 6th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 7th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 8th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 9th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 10th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 11th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 12th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 13th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 14th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 16th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 17th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 18th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 19th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 20th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 21st Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 23rd Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 24th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 25th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 26th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 27th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 28th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |
| 29th Aug 2022 | 18:20 | Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony) |