Zoe Lyons

Zoe Lyons - Clownbusting

Hotchpoth of scenarios largely uninspired

23 Aug 2011

Coming across like your favourite fruity auntie, Lyons delivers a hotchpotch of scenarios centring around her long-held belief that Kate Bush’s 1983 hit was called ‘Clownbusting’. She zips through a largely uninspired set which contains a highlight…

Fringe for (around) a fiver: Comedy

The best cheap shows in Edinburgh this August

22 Jul 2011

AAA Stand-Up/Late A trio of dandy comics for much less than the normal price of three in this annual not-late/late line-up. The earlier bill includes Joe Rowntree while the later roster has Matt Price. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 3–5 Aug…

Zoe Lyons

Sharp act with a cuddly side

18 Aug 2009

Despite the misleadingly butch show title of Miss Machismo, Zoe Lyons thankfully goes easy on the cocky swagger in this show about women with an exaggeratedly massive masculine side. Instead, ‘the 81st most influential gay woman in Britain’ (so says The…

5 Questions: Zoe Lyons

28 Jul 2009

Last August, Zoe Lyons won an award for telling the best joke of the Fringe. Here, she gives our Q&A more short, yet funny shrift What five words best describe your show this year? Tasty buffoonery, fragrant cheeky swagger. Which comic should…

Edinburgh Festival comedy highlights for a fiver

15 Jul 2009

Ooh, a Fringe in a credit crunch. It’ll be interesting times for all this year, but if you get in quick you can catch some of the best acts in exchange for a mere fiver. We’ve selected fifty of the finest shows you can see for the price of a…

Zoe Lyons

7 Aug 2008

Self-confessed middle class binge drinker and veal muncher with a clown shoe carbon footprint, Lyons makes the simple seem hilarious. From eco-parents and the bitterness they spawn, to Chanel knock-offs and the megabus, her timing is sharp, her delivery…

Funny lady

1 Nov 2007

The Glasgay! comedy wagon rolls back into town this year with a cargo of comedic talent for your pleasure. Wicked Wenches features Lucy Porter, AL Kennedy, Susan Calman and the utterly charming Zoe Lyons, a finalist on Channel 4’s So You Think You’re…

Zoe Lyons

16 Aug 2007

With a canvas ‘wall of fear’ depicting the fears of her friends, Lyons strides through this call to courage with aplomb. Never short of a word and barely stopping for breath, she structures comedy vignettes around topics as diverse as lesbian weddings…

Fear of flying

1 Aug 2007

She came largely unscathed through the first series of Survivor, but a quivering Zoe Lyons tells Robin Lee about the thing that terrifies her the most

Zoe Lyons

29 Jan 2007

STAND-UP Back in 2001, reality TV might not have been the scabrous slice of vermin that it is now. The innocent spirit of adventure probably reigned and people who went onto those shows may actually have wanted to get on with each other. This is…

Bent Double

10 Oct 2006

Zoe Lyons won the Funny Women competition in 2004, and with residencies in Brighton and London, she’s much in demand. After gaining a degree in psychology she turned to acting, and now finds herself in the even less serious business of comedy. Bent…