Winner of 2Northdown’s New Act Competition 2022 John Tothill is bringing his highly-anticipated debut stand-up hour ‘The Last Living Libertine’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing at Pleasance Courtyard Below at 8.30pm throughout the festival. 

Join John Tothill, the Last Living Libertine [citation needed], for his debut hour dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure, full of exaggeration, emancipation and historical speculation. Performed by a gushing bon vivant (and Year 4 teacher), with an aptitude for flights of fancy and a revulsion for the mundane (specifically meal prep), let your cups overflow with this mix of cabaret and TEDTalk (aka stand-up comedy) featuring almost exclusively sleepover-style gossip. Come for the comedy; stay for the leopard print. 

John says: “To bring my show to this, the last ever Edinburgh Fringe, means so much, not just to me but to my community (classically trained clarinettists who were in bottom-set PE and now teach English). Here I am, on my knees, begging you to pour yourself a glass of incredibly dry white wine (or very pale rosé, that's fine too) and come to my conventionally attractive, highly educational show all about pleasure, where crucially you will learn nothing, but for a moment you could forget everything.”

John Tothill is an actor and comedian, who is now taking the UK comedy scene by storm having won 2Northdown’s New Act Competition in 2022. John has performed at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade in New York and Second City Chicago, as part of his sketch troupe. 

This show is directed by and dedicated to the late Adam Brace. 

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JOHN TOTHILL: THE LAST LIVING LIBERTINE

• Venue: Pleasance Courtyard, Below

• Date & time: Weds 2nd to Sun 27th August (excluding 15th) at 8.30pm

• Duration: 60 minutes

• Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/john-tothill-the-last-living-libertine

YOU CAN FIND MORE OF JOHN AT: 

• Web: https://campsite.bio/johntothill

• Instagram: @johntothill

• TikTok: @johntothill