Edinburgh Fringe Comedy
Reviews
One person’s opinion of comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Martin Walker published 36 shows at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe. Sadly he had to leave half way through due to Covid. Only shows that received three stars or higher were published. Apologies to performers Becky Fury, Chelsea Birkby, Kate Smurthwaite, Kyle Ayers, Raul Kohli, Sam See and Stuart Laws – due to Covid their reviews were published after the Fringe ended.
Milo Standards: Penis de Milo ★★★★★
The Banshee Labyrinth (Cinema Room) Saturday, August 31st, 2024Traditionally, Drag Kings are women performers who adopt masculine attire and embody male gender stereotypes. Drag has been part of the British entertainment scene since the days of the nineteenth century music hall. Interestingly, in China, women took to the stage to perform as men as early as 700 CE. The great drag stars of […]
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Sam See: And I Can’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore ★★★
The Counting House (The Lounge) Saturday, August 31st, 2024And I Can’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, details the true story of a comedian moving from his birth country of Singapore to his adopted home of London, England. This is a show about fitting in. How can an openly gay comedian survive in a country where he is not permitted to exist? […]
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Kyle Ayers presents: Hard to Say ★★★
Just The Tonic at the Caves (Just up the Road) Saturday, August 31st, 2024Hard to Say chronicles Kyle Ayers’ ongoing battle with Trigeminal Neuralgia, a crippling pain disorder often referred to as “Suicide Disease”. With daily flare-ups causing excruciating pain in his head and face, Kyle aims to find the humour in his situation, no matter how painful it is. The comedian describes his journey from initial symptoms, […]
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Becky Fury: Great British C*nts ★★★★
City Café (Las Vegas) Saturday, August 31st, 2024Becky Fury discusses her discomfort with fashionable identities. And she chooses to explore an unfashionable one – being British. She critiques the left-wing middle class’s distain of patriotism and the insularity of British politics. Describing her relationship with Britain as a “pansexual, non-monogamous situationship,” Becky emphasizes the importance of understanding cultural origins and suggests a […]
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Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking? ★★★★
Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) Saturday, August 31st, 2024Some folks have that extra ‘it’ – the intangible that separates the greats from the rest of us. They see the world a little differently, but can successfully communicate offbeat ideas through their chosen art. In Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking? the comedian reveals that he has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). […]
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Chelsea Birkby: This is Life, Cheeky Cheeky ★★★
Just The Tonic at the Caves (Just Out of the Box) Saturday, August 31st, 2024Right at the top of the show, the comedian introduces herself as a worldwide top 0.1% fan of The Cheeky Girls. Best known (only known?) for their catchy 2002 debut single, Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum), the Romanian identical twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia are apparently still going as a duo. Anyway, Chelsea Birkby […]
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Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia ★★★★
Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire - Just the Liberty Room Saturday, August 31st, 2024Raul Kohli was born to a Hindu Indian father and a Sikh Singaporean mother. Raised in a Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in the northeast of England, his best mate was Pakistani Muslim. Raul has since lived all over the UK and has developed a deep appreciation for our nation’s cultural diversity. While his show was being performed in […]
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6 Steps To Success From The “Award Winning” Dave Chawner ★★★★
Laughing Horse at the Counting House - The Loft Thursday, August 15th, 2024In the age of AI, is it possible to review a show without actually seeing it? Dave Chawner agreed to send me a recording of his show, 6 Steps To Success From The “Award Winning” Dave Chawner along with the Press Release. I then fed both to ChatGPT, with instructions to create a three hundred […]
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Stephanie Laing: Rudder ★★★
Udderbelly, George Square - The Wee Coo Thursday, August 15th, 2024Stephanie tells us that she can be a tad clumsy. Apparently, on occasion, she’s been known to fall over her own feet. Perhaps she’s an unlikely recipient of arts funding for dance classes. Yet, here we are, in a show that seeks to blend stand up, dance, and er, emotional cartoon bears. We delve into […]
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Sid Singh: American Coloniser ★★★★★
Cabaret Voltaire Wednesday, August 14th, 2024Sid is half British, half Indian, half American “…and I really like saying it that way.” Or as my pedantry English brain insists on putting it, a person from the USA, of Indian descent, living here in the UK. In American Coloniser the comedian presents a fascinating and very funny show about our collective past […]
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Will Owen: Like, Nobody’s Watching ★★★★
Assembly George Square - The Crate Wednesday, August 14th, 2024Will Owen is obsessed with pop culture on television. Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Perhaps this fandom reached its peak as he attended a taping of Loose Women. It’s an ITV show (which I’ve never seen) which apparently features celebrity women on a panel debating […]
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Vlad Ilich: Vladislav, Baby Don’t Hurt Me ★★★
Pleasance Courtyard - Attic Tuesday, August 13th, 2024“Hello. My name is immigrant” UK based, North Macedonian comedian Vlad Ilich makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut. He has a lifelong obsession with chess, and the boardgame serves as the shows anchor. Introduced to chess by his family, Vlad quickly climbs the ranks, defeating his relatives one by one, from his grandma to his dad. […]
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Spring Day: Exvangelical ★★★★
Pleasance Courtyard - Beside Tuesday, August 13th, 2024Spring Day, an American comedian now based in the UK, brings her eighth solo show, Exvangelical, to the Edinburgh Fringe stage. Spring has an upbeat, smart and very funny comedic style, and she shares a deeply personal story. Growing up in a rural suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, the comedian dreamed of being on […]
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John Meagher: Big Year ★★★★
Gilded Balloon Patter House - Blether Tuesday, August 13th, 2024John Meager was born on a small island off the West Coast of Ireland but grew up on a working class Northern Irish housing estate. Being raised a Catholic in a 1980s warzone, the comedian recounts the survival lessons his dad taught him – how to handle people pointing guns at you, how to cope […]
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Njambi McGrath ★★★★
Gilded Balloon Patter House - Blether Tuesday, August 13th, 2024Njambi McGrath examines the notion of giving – and the Western world’s obsession with charity for Africa. People give, says the comedian, for various reasons – sympathy, guilt and the avoidance of tax. There are around four thousand international charities in Africa raising money for the provision of water, food, healthcare, and so on. Africa […]
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Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows ★★★★★
Pleasance Courtyard - Attic Sunday, August 11th, 2024In The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows, Abby Wambaugh presents a one-person variety performance. This is a grand tour of comedy. Playfully navigating the sub genres of comedic live performance, Abby weaves together storytelling, classic stand up, absurdism, impressions, prop comedy, friendly audience participation and more. We hear the phrase ‘something for everybody’ banded […]
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Seymour F*cking Mace You C*nts! ★★★★
Stand Comedy Club - Stand 2 Sunday, August 11th, 2024The Stand 2 is a tiny space that looks like someone’s front room. I think it probably is someone’s front room from September to July, but I digress. Some comedians fit a specific space, and after seeing Seymour Mace several times at the Fringe over the years, this space is his. The curtains are open, […]
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Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace ★★★★
Assembly George Square Studios Sunday, August 11th, 2024I’ve been a fan of Susie McCabe’s since I saw her perform at Edinburgh’s New Town Bar over ten years ago – and she was very funny then. It says something rather wonderful about our society that everyday stories of lesbian relationships, once considered niche, are now heard out with the comedy clubs and gay […]
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Barbaren Barbies: A Wild Women Circus ★★★★
Udderbelly, George Square Sunday, August 11th, 2024The Wild Women Circus are Vanessa Lee Baisch, Sarah Bleasdale, Sarah Lindermayer, Sari Mäkelä and Nicole Ratjen. This Berlin based all-women international circus troop present a comedic hour that sums up the Edinburgh Fringe itself – a modern variety show. The vibe is fast and fun and, dare I say, sexy. The women are all […]
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Dr Jo Prendergast: The Cool Mum ★★★
Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose - Coorie Sunday, August 11th, 2024Dr. Jo Prendergast is a stand up comedian, child psychiatrist, and author from New Zealand, making her Edinburgh Fringe debut. She presents a show, she says, for anyone who has ever been a parent or a child. Offering a parody of a conventional personal development seminar, The Cool Mum draws from the comedian’s experience parenting […]
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical ★★★★★
Pleasance Courtyard - Grand Sunday, August 11th, 2024Each night marks the opening of the town’s hottest new musical, but there’s a catch… the writer hasn’t composed a single note and needs your assistance. A musical is created on the spot, using suggestions from the audience. It’s a wee bit tricky to write a meaningful review of a fully improvised musical show. This […]
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Tom Stade: Risky Business ★★★★
Stand Comedy Club - Stand 1 Saturday, August 10th, 2024The Canadian comedian and long time Edinburgh resident presents as a traditional shouty North American comic. Big, powerful, alpha male, mic at the chest. If you didn’t already know Tom Stade’s schtick, you’d be forgiven for anticipating an hour of my wife is so fat… material. In fact, this is a joke heavy hour of […]
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Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes ★★★★
The Stand Comedy Club - Stand 1 Saturday, August 10th, 2024Mark is a Fringe favourite and for good reason. He has been at the forefront of campaigning political comedy and activism for decades and his approach has never waned. Nor, to be superficial for a moment, does he seem to age. He’s also, very, very, funny. Targets are as you’d expect. Long term issues of […]
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Simon Munnery ★★★★
Stand Comedy Club - Stand 1 Friday, August 9th, 2024We asked AI to review Simon Munnery, as an experiment. The speaker discussed his experiences and ideas related to stand up comedy, heating systems, and the limits of perception and imagination. They shared their journey to the Aspen Comedy Festival and their act of supremacy, while he provided insights into the life experiences that shape […]
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Susan Riddell and Amanda Dwyer: Material, Girl ★★★
The Stand Comedy Club - Stand 1 Friday, August 9th, 2024A member of staff at The Stand enthusiastically tells me that Glaswegian comedians, Susan Riddell and Amanda Dwyer, run a mixed bill, all women, monthly stand up show in their home city. As we talk, someone chips in to recommend their podcast, also called, Material, Girl. There is a real enthusiasm for comedy among the […]
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Jojo Sutherland, I Wish You Were My Mum (Careful What You Wish For) ★★★
The Stand Comedy Club - Stand 1 Wednesday, August 7th, 2024Experienced comedian, Jojo Sutherland, presents her latest show, finding the funny in the changing generational attitudes towards bringing up children. An audience member is invited keep score. Who was the better mum? Jojo, or her mother? It’s performed at 11:30am, which is first thing in the morning EFT (Edinburgh Fringe Time). Perhaps, Jojo teases, she […]
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Alex Kitson: Must I Paint You a Picture? ★★★
Hoots @ Potterrow Wednesday, August 7th, 2024First the positives. Alex has some great jokes. He exudes nervous, energetic, scattergun enthusiasm. I’m yet to check out the comedian do a twenty-minute headline club set, but it’s easy to imagine him absolutely smashing it. Comedians who deliver the same routine, in the same order, every night, often behave as if the next joke […]
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Jo Caulfield Pearls Before Swine ★★★★
Stand Comedy Club 3 Wednesday, August 7th, 2024Jo starts her show, as she tends to do, by reminding her audience that they’ve arrived at a stand up comedy set, not a piece of theatre. There’s no grand narrative arc and we shouldn’t look for messages, “…just me just talking about myself and stuff that’s happened. If you want to talk about something, […]
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Gearóid Farrelly: Gearóid Rage ★★★
Assembly George Square - The Crate Tuesday, August 6th, 2024The show explores the many things that infuriate the Irish comedian, which at times, seems to be most things. He rants about the chaos of selling items online, on hearing babies cry on a pane, seeking treatment after getting a cotton bud stuck in his ear, and so on… As an openly gay man for […]
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The Last Laugh ★★★★
Assembly George Square - Studio One Tuesday, August 6th, 2024Three of Britain’s greatest comedy legends, Tommy Cooper (Damian Williams), Eric Morecambe (Bob Golding), and Bob Monkhouse (Simon Cartwright) find themselves together in a dressing room. As old friends and comedy colleagues, they discuss the secrets of life, death, and the essence of true humour. What does it mean to be… really funny? The comedians […]
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Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open ★★★★★
Assembly George Square Gardens - Studio Five Monday, August 5th, 2024Sullivan is the last man on earth, living underground. And he can’t find Rosie. Is she his wife? His sister? His co-worker? Where is she? – we do find out later, but for now it’s enough that she’s lost, and so Sullivan can start a sketch without her. Sullivan starts: “Rosie hasn’t seen this sketch. […]
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Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody ★★★★
Assembly George Square - Gordon Aikman Theatre Monday, August 5th, 2024Whoever said that woke is killing entertainment didn’t know what they were talking about. Woke is fun. The Hairy Godmothers from Perth, West Australia – comprising lawyers, engineers, PhD graduates, and more – present two shows that blend self-love, sex positivity, and fairy-tale magic. Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody is an hilarious, fantasy-driven […]
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Elf Lyons: Horses ★★★★★
Pleasance Courtyard - Above Saturday, August 3rd, 2024Elf Lyons is an award winning comedian, theatre maker, director, comedy writer, and voice artist. She has earned a cult following as one of the most innovative performers in the diverse universe of comedy and theatre. Her body of work includes re-enactments of classical ballets, musicals about the economy, immersive horror shows, and lectures on […]
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Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch ★★★
Pleasance Courtyard - Baby Grand Saturday, August 3rd, 2024Derek was born in the US, lived in the Netherlands for much of his life, and now resides in the UK. Broadly, this show explores the cultural and language differences between the territories. The show title, Double Dutch refers to a term that originated in 15th century England. The English people, not known for being […]
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Elvis McGonagall: Gin & Catatonic? ★★★
Gilded Balloon Patter House - Blether Thursday, August 1st, 2024I wouldn’t sit and read a book of poems, no matter how brilliant the poet. Poetry, for me, needs to be spoken, or if required, shouted out loud. A passionate performance that lifts words off a page. Poetry is audible. Before I left home, I told my pall Louis that I was going to see […]
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Marjolein Robertson: O ★★★★
Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) Hive 1 Thursday, August 1st, 2024This is the middle instalment of Marjolein Robertson’s trilogy of shows, which began last year with Marj. Fear not, you don’t need to have seen part one to enjoy part two. Marjolein recalls her thirteen-year-old self, learning about periods for the first time at school. No boys were allowed in the class. These days most […]
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Gabby Killick’s Game Of Thongs ★★★★★
Underbelly, George Square Wednesday, August 17th, 2022“Performers have endured a couple of years of hell. Over the pandemic, thousands of shows were cancelled, and not enough funding was given. At one point, the British government put out a campaign, telling performers that we should all pack it in and retrain. But luckily for you guys, I didn’t listen!” First impressions of […]
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Gilded Balloon Teviot Wednesday, August 17th, 2022Jojo Sutherland says that at the age 56, she has finally “gone feral”. Long term fans and friends of Sutherland assumed that this had happened years ago, but I digress. Her kids are now grown up, and she’s single for the first time in decades. What next? Growing Old Disgracefully, obviously. Unlike too many observational, […]
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Alex MacKeith: Thanks for Listening ★★★★
Underbelly, Bristo Square Wednesday, August 17th, 2022MacKeith is a talented musical comedian, who delivers observational songs with a twist. His young, capacity, Underbelly audience lapped it up. His opening number is one of his strongest. MacKeith had to endure the Covid lockdown living with his father, “the lock-daddy”. It sets the warped lyrical tone of the rest of his set, which […]
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Joz Norris: Blink ★★★★
Pleasance Dome - Jack Dome Wednesday, August 17th, 2022So, this is one of those tricky reviews to write, as I don’t want to give anything away. Frankly, the less you know about this fun show, and its surprises, the better. I strongly suggest you stop reading this now and scroll to the bottom of this page, where you’ll find a link to buy […]
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Emmanuel Sonubi: Emancipated ★★★★
Underbelly, Bristo Square Wednesday, August 17th, 2022Emmanuel Sonubi was born and raised in North London, with five older sisters. A big fan of musical theatre, he became a stage actor, but worked as a nightclub bouncer between acting roles. Emancipated is a show about treading the boards, working the doors and finally, becoming a comedian. It’s also his story of being […]
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Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble ★★★★★
The Stand Comedy Club Tuesday, August 16th, 2022Jo Caulfield’s set borrows from the best of American stand-up traditions. “Don’t look for any theatrical arc, there’s not a bit at the end full of meaning. None of that shit. I just want to cheer some people up.” And so she does. We are treated to an hour of acerbic observations and short stories, with […]
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Lucy Hopkins: Dark Mother ★★★★★
BlundaBus Tuesday, August 16th, 2022Welcome to the darkness. Will you make it? Sitting on the top deck of a bus, packed full of people, the lights go out. And as if by magic, we are in another world. Alright then. I’ll be mummy. We are treated to an improvised, absurdist show crossed with a dark new age style comic […]
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Robyn Perkins: Million Dollar Maybe ★★★★
Gilded Balloon Teviot Monday, August 15th, 2022Human behaviour is subject to emotions, feelings, and several other factors, some of them innate. It is difficult to measure, or predict, especially when it comes to sexuality. Robin Perkins says that a fellow scientist has come up with evidence that male bisexuality exists. My immediate, emotional response from the audience was, I know it […]
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Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man ★★★★
The Monkey Barrel 1 Monday, August 15th, 2022Comedians lie all the time. According to Alfie Brown, his partner, actor and comedian Jessie Cave, wanted to try for a third child. He was initially reluctant, but eventually, he agreed on the basis that the comedian could sleep around while on tour in Australia. Jessie did become pregnant, and the following week, the global […]
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Tony Law: A Now Begin in Again ★★★★
The Monkey Barrel 3 Sunday, August 14th, 2022Tony Law is very much a, er, law unto himself. He simply does comedy differently to everyone else. If there is a message in this deliberately shambolic hour (there probably is no message) then it’s a celebration of difference. This is illustrated by Law’s prolonged use of diverse regional accents, some of which are surprisingly […]
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Flo & Joan: Sweet Release ★★★★
Assembly Roxy Friday, August 12th, 2022As part of their current sell-out, 137-date international tour, multi-award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan (real life sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey) are back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The piano/percussion pair mix music genres as they tell stories of relationships and personal quirks, and touch on topical matters. I’ve followed the duo with […]
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Marjolein Robertson: Thank God Fish Don’t Have Hands ★★★★
The Stand 2 Friday, August 12th, 2022Comedian Marjolein Robertson is from Shetland (not the TV show, the islands located 106 miles north of Scotland). I admit that I knew nothing of the place before this entertaining, illuminating and very funny hour. I now know much more than I imagine is offered by the Shetland Tourist Board. Robertson is an open and […]
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Stewart Lee: Snowflake ★★★★★
The Stand New Town Theatre Thursday, August 11th, 2022Every live stand up show is an unique event and the possibility of failure is real. Will the audience behave as anticipated? Stewart Lee has been touring Snowflake for some time and the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe run at The Stand’s New Town Theatre marks the end of its life. This afternoon, this is what happened […]
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Seymour Mace Presents Captain Winky’s F*ck Off Olympics ★★★★
The Stand 1 Wednesday, August 10th, 2022Seymour Mace Presents Captain Winky’s F*ck Off Olympics is a title, Mace confirms, that he came up with in February before he had written the show. As such, it has absolutely nothing to do with the unpredictable happenings in this bizarre and very funny hour at The Stand. The show is almost entirely improvised, based […]
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Fascinating Aïda ★★★★★
Assembly at Gordon Aikman Theatre Wednesday, August 10th, 2022“Tonight!” Proclaims musical director and pianist Michael Roulston, “Live at the Gordon Aikman Theatre, Edinburgh, it’s… Bananarama.” Fascinating Aïda and Bananarama are both all women muscial trios, who were first popular in the 80s. And both are still going. These days, it is the former that are selling out the bigger rooms. This beautiful fringe […]
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The Stand 1 Wednesday, August 10th, 2022Simon Munnery has been performing comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe for over thirty years. I admit to having seen most of it. Here, he presents his straightest story-telling stand up set for a while, though it’s still wonderfully offbeat. The opening ‘thought police’ sketch, with Munnery using a colander as prop was fun. Later, after […]
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Luke Wright’s Late Night Dance Floor Fillers (Poems) ★★★★★
Pleasance Dome - Jack Dome Monday, August 8th, 2022Poet, Luke Wright, announces that he’s forty years old, though he tells us, he still gets asked for ID on occasion while buying wine. In truth he is older and wiser, and he likes to explore new ways to challenge himself while writing. Oulipo (or OuLiPo), were an Avent-Garde French-speaking literature clique founded in the […]
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Grubby Little Mitts ★★★★
Assembly George Square Gardens – Studio 4 Sunday, August 7th, 2022Nicholls and Brown (actors, Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown) present a rapid series of twenty-two ‘Domestic Horror’ sketches. Everyday situations, like going to a coffee shop, are warped into absurdist and unexpected short skits. Opening to the tune Chaise Longue by Wet Leg, we’re treated to an absurd, comically sexual dance that perhaps goes on […]
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Ivor Dembina: Old Jewish Jokes ★★★★★
Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 Thursday, August 4th, 2022Ivor Dembina agrees to perform a comedy fundraiser to help pay for a new synagogue roof. But what does the Rabbi think of Dembina’s old Jewish jokes? This show quietly sets about defending freedom of speech, while exploring one Jewish man’s relationship with his own community. There are, of-course, old Jewish jokes a-plenty, including a […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Zumba Gold ★★★★
Pleasance Courtyard Friday, August 13th, 2021Zumba Gold is a low intensity dance class designed for beginners and older people. For ten long years, Cathy Campbell has worked as a Zumba Gold dance teacher, twice a week at the local Deenside Leisure Centre. Cathy has unfulfilled dreams. She’s a performer in search of an audience, held back by the mental scars […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Magical Bones: Live and Direct ★★★★
Underbelly George Square Thursday, August 12th, 2021The show kicks off with a Britain’s Got Talent montage. I don’t know if BGT finalists are contractually obliged to do this, but it’s unnecessary and falls flat. The audience is either here because of the magician’s acclaimed appearances on the ITV show, or they are not. It’s like seeing a trailer for a movie […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Bromance ★★★★★
Assembly George Square Gardens - Spiegeltent Palais Du Variete Thursday, August 12th, 2021A fresh remix of dance, circus and sketch comedy, Barely Methodical Troupe’s BROMANCE is an intelligent, witty exploration of awkward (miss)connections between three young men. Created by Beren D’Amico, Louis Gift and Charlie Wheeller, in collaboration with Director Eddie Kay, this presentation of BROMANCE is performed by Adam Fullick, Arthur Parsons and Peter (Pee Wee) […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Leo Kearse – Cancel Culture ★★★★
Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters - Maggie's Chamber Thursday, August 12th, 2021When Guto Harri took the knee on GB News, live on air, viewers were so outraged that the presenter was suspended. Management said that Hari’s actions were “an unacceptable breach of our standards”. When GB News and its viewers cancelled Guto Harri, was it justified? Leo Kearse’s show, Cancel Culture, sadly doesn’t quite nail what […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Paul Currie – TEET ★★★★★
The Hive, Big Cave Thursday, August 12th, 2021According to Muppet Wiki Paul Currie is a puppeteer, street performer and stand up comedian most notable for playing the lead Muppet, Potto on Sesame Tree, the Sesame Street spin-off that aired on BBC2 and CBeebies in the UK. According to The Skinny, Currie is stand up comedian, “filled with so much comic energy, it […]
READ HEREEdFringe REVIEW: This is Not a Subject For Comedy ★★★★
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House Lounge Wednesday, August 11th, 2021“What you have to understand ladies and gentlemen, is that Jerusalem is very important to the Jews. Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s important to other religions as well, but the Muslims, they got Mecca. The Catholics, they got Rome. The Christians, they got the White House. But to us Jews, Jerusalem is very […]
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EdFringe REVIEW: Darius Davies: Don’t Be Shit ★★★★★
Laughing Horse @ 32 Below Tuesday, August 10th, 2021Let’s get straight to the point. Darius Davies is a brilliant comedian. In Don’t Be Shit, he presents his greatest hits from the last ten years. It’s the best stand up comedy show I’ve seen this Fringe. God only knows why Davies isn’t signed to a major label, touring international venues. He has the complete […]
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