Susan Morrison
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Edinburgh Fringe runs for Stewart Lee, Bridget Christie, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince
Stewart Lee, Paul Sinha and Bridget Christie are among the acts who have announced Edinburgh Fringe dates at The Stand this August.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2023Review: The Saturday Show, Edinburgh Stand
Reviews of Susan Morrison, Ed Patrick, Chris Weir and Andrew Ryan.
Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 6th March 2023Susan Morrison, interview
Self confessed festival veteran Susan Morrison talks about the return of the Edinburgh Fringe, a unexpected 'guest' in her venue, and some highlights from The Stand Comedy Club at this years festival.
Chris Mackrell, Black Diamond, 6th August 2022Three shows about ageing concerns
Three shows about ageing concerns at Edinburgh Festival 2022...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 3rd August 202250 Edinburgh shows picked by a true comedy lover
A bit of a change for our Edinburgh preview feature today. Rather than based on any theme, these are 50 shows chosen by comedy connoisseur Corry Shaw.
Corry Shaw, Chortle, 28th July 2022Sweet F Aye enterprise handed £5000 boost
A new social enterprise tackling the stigma surrounding female incontinence has secured £5000 from the Scottish Government's Social Entrepreneurs Fund. Sweet F Aye was founded by a trio of comedians, Susan Morrison, Jojo Sutherland, and Elaine Millar, aiming to provide targeted assistance to those dealing with women's incontinence through comedy shows and workshops, dispelling the stigma and silence surrounding the issue.
The National (Scotland), 13th March 20197 most annoying questions for Fringe performers
It can be a tough life for performers working away at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. As well as trying to pull in a crowd during the biggest arts festival in the world and dealing with an endless array of hecklers convinced they belong on the stage, year after year they find themselves faced with the same bafflingly obvious questions.
Susan Morrison, Edinburgh Evening News, 15th August 2014Have women in Scottish comedy been overlooked?
Stand-up Susan Morrison laments that Scotland never produced a female comic star in that era with an international following like Lancashire-born Gracie Fields or American performers Phyllis Diller and Fanny Brice. Nevertheless, when the amateur historian hosts Giggling Jock: A Short History Of Scottish Comedy at the Stand next week, she'll be revisiting the underappreciated female acts she considers "proto-stand-ups".
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 8th November 2012Susan Morrison: Comics are just too soft to rock
Comedy was once pronounced the new rock and roll. And for a while it looked like that. Russell Brand swept the medal table clean for the comedians in all the bad boy behaviour categories, such as substance abuse, furniture damage and Being Naughty With Ladies Whose First Name He Hadn't Learned.
Susan Morrison, The Scotsman, 13th August 2010