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...
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...
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: 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...
5★★★★★ Review: Rhys Nicholson: Nice People, Nice Things, Nice Situations at Underbelly Rhys Nicholson is an instantly likeable character with a sharp appearance, exceptional stage presence and an outrageous charm with no brakes. It’s hard to pinpoint just what exactly the show is about as it’...
