Press clippings

Dead Ringers is satire's great saviour - our politicians should be worried

The comedy sketch show is back, in rip-roaring form, just when the public needs it most.

Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 22nd June 2022

Clinton Baptiste - new tour taking on his arch psychic enemy

Next autumn Clinton Baptiste and Ramone Tamine take to the road to play out their bitter rivalry in theatres up and down the land.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th December 2021

Scottish Comedy Awards 2020 nominations

Janey Godley, Jim Smith and Larry Dean are amongst the nominees for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2020.

British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2020

Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod hope to come up Trumps

The prospect of spending an hour in the company of Donald and Melania Trump would be enough to make most people run for the hills. But when it's impressionists Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod who are inhabiting the roles of the President and First Lady, the idea appeals.

Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 6th August 2019

How Edinburgh's comics are straddling political divide

While some fringe shows are tackling the subject head on, other performers think this is a year to stay off current affairs.

Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 3rd August 2019

New Fringe shows for 2019 we're excited about

Don't miss these new shows coming to Pleasance, Underbelly, Gilded Balloon and Assembly at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Katharine Gemmell, The List, 3rd July 2019

Lewis Macleod plots Trump Fringe comedy

A Donald Trump impersonator is to stage a Fringe comedy-drama about efforts to thwart a takeover by the US President of a "once-glamorous Scottish hotel."

Lewis Macleod, who was nominated for a Scottish Comedy Award for his mimicry of the tycoon, will join forces with the leading impressionist Ronni Ancona to stage Just Checking In, which will be staged at the National Museum of Scotland in August.

Brian Ferguson, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd May 2019

First live shows together for Dead Ringers team

Radio show Dead Ringers is coming to the Barbican Theatre in London for a limited run of five shows.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2019

BBC Radio reveals Christmas 2018 comedy highlights

BBC Radio has revealed its 2018 Christmas comedy highlights. The Shuttleworths and Party will return, there's the 50th episode of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!, and more.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2018

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