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4★★★★

Review: Lolly Jones: 50 Shades of May at Assembly Roxy

We are in the company of Lolly Jones (as seen on BBC3 and Comedy Central) for 55 minutes, and she doesn’t speak once. Instead, she mimes as the familiar voices of our female politicians ring out through the PA....

4★★★★

Review: Ed Night: An Aesthetic at Pleasance Courtyard

For most of us, it’s hard enough to order a pizza with a hangover, never mind stand in front of a sold out room of strangers every night for three weeks. South London comedian Ed Night doesn’t waste any time ...

4★★★★

Review: Tom Stade: I Swear To… at Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre

Want to measure the true talent of a performer? Give them a venue that's only a third filled and watch as they still produce roars of laughter. It’s week two of the Fringe. It’s a Wednesday, and the weather ha...

3★★★

Review: John Kearns: Don’t Worry They’re Here at Pleasance Dome

Mind the gap between the show and reality. John Kearns is the quintessential mould of the surreal comedian, striding onto the stage in the echoing Queen Dome auditorium wearing a wig and fake, protruding teeth...

4★★★★

Review: Adam Rowe: Undeniable at Just the Tonic

Adam Rowe opens the hour with a show of hands. Who’s Scottish? Who’s English? Who’s international? Who’s American and voted for ‘him’? Nobody, apparently, and with that Rowe, a self-identified chubby 25 year ...

4★★★★

Review: Alex Edelman: Just for Us at Pleasance Courtyard

It's hard to make being a victim of anti-Semitism funny, but in Just for Us, Alex Edelman does a fantastic job. He tells us about his time on the less friendly side of Twitter and describes an undercover stint ...

4★★★★

Review: Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse at Pleasance Courtyard

Sarah Keyworth is an honest comedian who knows how to stir genuine emotion in her audience while still keeping them laughing from the get go. Dark Horse takes on some serious topics, exploring gender, sexuali...

3★★★

Review: Jim Tavaré: From Deadpan to Bedpan at the Laughing Horse at The Counting House

Jim Tavare, who you may recognise beneath the handlebar moustache as Harry Potter's Tom, innkeeper of the Leaky Cauldron, returns to Fringe after a 20-year hiatus, this time ditching his signature double bass a...

5★★★★★

Review: Ahir Shah: Duffer at Cabaret Voltaire

If the Comedy Awards at Edinburgh have taught us anything over the last few years, it’s that emotionally weighted shows take the spotlight. They’re the ones that tend to stay with audience members and critics...

2★★

Review: Bryony Twydle: Flamingo at Underbelly Bristo Square

Bryony Twydle’s sketch show, Flamingo, is billed as a ‘chaotic collection of interconnected characters’ that unfortunately fails to come together. The cast of characters that she plays range in nationality fr...