Adele Cliff: In The Dark (Work in Progress): Museum of Comedy, London, 2021
Adele Cliff Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy: Hastings Comedy Festival: Ye Olde Pump House, Hastings, 2024
Happy Mondays Comedy: The Amersham Arms, New Cross, London, 2024
Sofa So Funny! (2 shows): The Angelic Pub, Islington, London, 2025
Whilst deciding not to attend the Edinburgh Fringe in 2021, instead, in May and June 2021, I did go to the Brighton Fringe and Hastings Fringe. In August 2021, it was the initial turn of the Camden Fringe in London and the first comedian I saw was Adele Cliff at the Museum of Comedy.
Cliff’s work-in-progress show In The Dark, concentrated on the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it. Cliff has a roster of new jokes and clever puns which were delivered with panache and she worked hard and succeeded in making her audience (including me) laugh-out-loud.
I went again to see her, at the Hastings Comedy Festival in June 2024, and as a guest for Happy Mondays Comedy in October 2024 and at the Sofa So Funny! showcase in June and September 2025, all in London. Trying out a roster of new ideas, she won the audience over with her quick wit.