Cat Cohen is a force of comedy nature. Only she can perform a whole show about having a stroke without allowing the audience a moment to draw breath between laughs.

Broad Strokes marks the 33-year-old US comedian’s triumphant and beautifully unhinged return to the Edinburgh Fringe, with sold-out nights up to her eyeballs and a show that fully deserves every star.

The Only Murders in the Building star’s cabaret-style hour is jam-packed with belly laughs and intentionally navel-gazing gags about the need to be the brightest, most interesting woman in the world.

‘It’s giving coastal grandmother aesthetic,’ Cat says of her stroke, which happened just as she was about to travel to (demure French accent incoming) ‘Eurrrropppe’ in 2023 for her cancelled Fringe run.

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