‘Relentlessly devoted to the jokes with a gag count other comics should envy.’ Chortle
On the kitten heels of her 2025 “triumphant debut” (Edinburgh Reviews), comedian and writer Candace Bryan (★★★★★ ‘Laugh out loud funny’ EdfringeReviews) returns to Edinburgh with a new hour of fast-paced, joke-heavy standup about the struggle between her love of online shopping and her personal politics, Don’t Be Ridiculous, Everybody Wants This.
It’s easy to become a shopaholic when the mall is literally in your pocket. These days, you can order a fedora on Deliveroo and leave online reviews for everything from a toilet brush to the Bible. You can even get into debt buying a poke bowl with Klarna’s pay-in-3 scheme. In Don’t Be Ridiculous, Everybody Wants This, Candace eviscerates modern consumerist culture and confesses how her own mind and wallet have been seduced by it.
A “theoretical minimalist” trying to reconcile her constant urge to spend with her left-leaning morals, Candace asks: Is it OK to want to look hot at a protest? Is her love of hats the reason she can’t afford a home? Is doomshopping the new doomscrolling? The result is a sharp and refreshing perspective on trying to find happiness in an increasingly worrying world.
Candace Bryanis an American stand-up comedian from Memphis, Tennessee, now based in London. Her sharp writing and unique persona have seen her rise quickly on the London comedy circuit. She was shortlisted for Chortle’s Hotshots (2025), she’s a Soho Theatre Comedy Plus Lab Alum (2024) and has been endorsed by the UK Arts Council as showing “exceptional promise” as a comedy performer and awarded a Global Talent visa
Before stand-up, Candace worked as a journalist and essayist in New York City, writing for publications including Vice, Allure, Cosmopolitan, The New York Observer and many more.
Images (c) Rebecca Need-Menear
Title: Candace Bryan: Don’t Be Ridiculous, Everybody Wants This
Venue: Gilded Balloon Patter House, Bothie Room (24)
Dates & time: 5th – 31st August (Not 18th) at 4pm / 16:00
Ticket link: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/candace-bryan-don-t-be-ridiculous-everybody-wants-this
Social media links via:https://linktr.ee/candacebryan
Website:candacebryan.com
