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...
4★★★★ Review: Nish Kumar – It’s in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves In the present political climate, happy wasn't exactly the emotion I was expecting from Nish Kumar. Yet here he is, suited and booted, arms aloft, grinning to the sell-out crowd like he's just won a hard-fough...
4★★★★ Review: Ben Pope: Dancing Bear at Pleasance Courtyard Ben Pope is a deeply uncynical man. Wearing pyjamas, he bounds in and high fives everyone, does some winning crowd work and tells us how gifted he is at sleeping. It’s kind of adorable, and the audience are co...
3★★★ Review: Sarah Kendall – Paper Planes at Assembly George Square Sarah Kendall is a spinner of stories, a teller of tales. A master of meditative musings. The Australian took a side road from straight stand-up quite a few years ago and she's become incredibly successful at ...
4★★★★ Review: The Delightful Sausage- Ginster’s Paradise at Monkey Barrel Hi-de-Hi! meets Noel’s House Party as Delightful Sausage returns for their third year at the Fringe with Ginster’s Paradise. Set in the staycation resort of Ginster’s Paradise (think Butlins but on acid), A...
