3★★★ Review: Alex Kealy at Just The Tonic at The Caves Political comedy that takes into account the effect of stink bombs on decision making, Kealy’s show, Rationale, ponders the less obvious influences on our seemingly rational opinions. Based on the premise ...
4★★★★ Review: Stevie Martin – Hot Content at Underbelly Bristo Square In a world where becoming viral doesn’t necessarily require a course of anti-biotics, one woman and her trusty clicker tackle the digital entertainment industry one slide at a time. Hot Content is part TedT...
4★★★★ Review: Sophie Duker: Venus at Pleasance For a debut show at the Fringe, Sophie Duker has managed to craft a near-flawless hour packed full of humour and heartfelt reflection which many of the comedians that have been on the circuit for circa ten yea...
4★★★★ Joe Jacobs: Grimefulness, Just the Tonic at the Caves- Up the Road Joe Jacobs’ laugh out loud Grimefulness fuses the most unlikely of two genres together rapping over heavy grime beats about ‘woke-ness’ and wellbeing in today’s society. Jacobs is well-liked by the audienc...
3★★★ Review: Phil Wang – Philly Philly Wang Wang at Pleasance Courtyard No wonder Phil Wang strolls on stage looking like the cat who got the comedy cream. The star of Taskmaster and panel show and Radio 4 regular sold out his entire Fringe run before it even began. He tells us th...
4★★★★ Review: Confetti and Chaos Confetti and Chaos is a fantastically funny immersive dining experience, giving you front row seats as all your greatest wedding anxieties play out over a 3-course dinner. Not much goes right and its all the b...
5★★★★★ Review: Do Our Best at Underbelly Cowgate Do Our Best, is a simply hilarious, complex gem of writing. Girl guide ‘Sephie’ is thirty and is attempting to finally achieve her entertainers badge for the fourth time. Actress Remy Beasley stunningly guides...
3★★★ Review: Spencer Jones – The Things We Leave Behind Spencer Jones is the stuff of Marie Kondo's nightmares. The Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award- and double-BAFTA-nominated professional nutjob appears to be a stranger to the art of decluttering. Instead of throwin...
3★★★ Review: Dan Soder: Son Of A Gary at Underbelly On paper, the concept of this show is a sweet one. A mid-thirties son raised by his mum after his dad passed away at an early age, reflecting on his life and where he’s at compared to where society thinks he s...
3★★★ Review: Grace Campbell – Why I’m Never Going Into Politics at Gilded Balloon Teviot Grace Campbell’s debut Why I’m Never Going Into Politics - is a feminist comedy. It explores the successes and failures of the Blair Government, being a millennial feminist, and how being Alastair Campbell's d...
