"Sketch comedy at its finest" ****
Radio Forth, Edinburgh

"The audience love them."
Fringe Report
"one of the strongest and most innovative groups around...a terrific duo."
Time Out
The Sunday Defensive are JACOB EDWARDS and PHIL GILBERT, borne out of a fortnightly comedy show that took place on Sundays; a night that quickly built a 'significant' cult following. Now inaccurately named, they’re playing all over the place, and not just religious holidays. Less a sketch show, more a series of loosely connected arguments about Twister, the art of caricature and the likelihood of having a bowling alley on a submarine.

Phil and Jacob first collaborated in 2004 in ‘Holidaze’, a show written by Jacob, in their Edinburgh Festival debut as a team at the Gilded Balloon.

They appeared again in a show they co-wrote called ‘Edbert McGilbin Presents…’ at the Canal Cafe (2004/5).

Jacob and Phil started performing together on a regular basis as ‘The Sunday Defensive’ in 2006. Avoiding traditional sketch comedy, ‘The Sunday Defensive’ became a careful knitting of audience interaction, characters and stand-up.

A fortnightly residency at the Canal Cafe Theatre tightened their act and on-stage chemistry, and in early 2007 a sold out six-night run with ‘The Penny Dreadfuls’ confirmed their place as a new and exciting comic partnership.