Hal Cruttenden started stand-up comedy in his late 20s, which was also the last time he was single… That was until his wife left him for another man in 2021.

He’s now 55, alone – occasionally dating – but most of all, thriving.

The Live At The Apollo and Royal Variety show comic wrote his last Edinburgh Fringe show about his divorce. Four years later, he’s written another one, Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It… also about his divorce.

‘Men are crap at dealing with divorce,’ Hal tells Metro over Zoom ahead of his Fringe run, in his bubbly yet frank disposition. ‘It’s taken me four years to still be processing things.’

Hal talks fondly of his daughters, now 21 and 23, who assure him it’s the same story throughout generations: even at university, they report friends mourning relationships

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